On January 20, 2006, United States District Court Judge Antoon for the Middle District of Florida, gave Daytona Grand d/b/a Lollipops possibly the most significant victory for adult entertainment in this country in a number of years. Unfortunately, the Eleventh…
VA Tech, Don Imus and Free Speech
As this article is being written, two days have passed since the shootings at Virginia Tech. It almost seems silly to write about Don Imus and his “nappy-headed hos” in light of the tragedy at Virginia Tech. However, one event…
Patriot Act
While most of us were concerned about the war on terror, the administration with little opposition from the Republican controlled Congress passed the Patriot Act. By its name, any opposition to that Act was heralded as unpatriotic. But only now…
“I know it when I don’t see it” the Curious case of Webe Web
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when discussing obscenity once opined “I know it when I see it”. Although that never became the legal standard and rightfully so, for most of the people it served as a good basis for their…
Supreme Court idealogy and politics.
In August, Daniel Aaronson was asked to speak in Las Vegas at the Gentlemen’s Club Exposition. He was part of a panel that included five other First Amendment attorneys from across the country. The presentation by the panel was done…
Dania Beach adult entertainment code
In 2001, the City of Dania Beach passed an Ordinance requiring adult establishments to operate exclusively in their marine district. The Ordinance gave the adult establishments three years to move from that 2001 date. The three year time limit came…
The “Free” Press
Last month the airways were filled with right wing conservatives with veins popping out of their neck, clamoring for the prosecution of the New York Times for leaking classified information. They were up in arms over an article in…
The right of privacy
Most of the articles that we write deal with freedom of expression or freedom of the press. Sometimes, especially over the last couple of years, are articles have focused on the war in Iraq and how and why our…
Honesty and freedom of speech are not required or allowed
On Friday, September 30, 2005 I received a call from Congressman Tom Reynolds. The message given to me was that Congressman Reynolds had something important to discuss with me. Wondering what that could be, I immediately called up the…
There is no US in Theocracy
Recently we were fortunate or maybe as the case turned out, unfortunate. We received in the mail a copy of an Ohio State Bar continuing legal education seminar. The subject was on obscenity. You would think that a seminar…