Sunday, March 30, 2014
Ninth Circuit Case Addresses Constitutionality of Requiring Porn Actors to Wear Condoms
The National Law Journal: A Condom Conundrum: Can Los Angeles demand that porn actors wear them?, by Amanda Bronstad:
At first blush, a case now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit appears downright raunchy, brought by a Los Angeles studio whose films have titles like "Bedside Brat," and "Sex in Dangerous Places."
But the appeal, by Vivid Entertainment LLC, raises an intriguing constitutional issue: How far does the First Amendment go in protecting the free-speech rights of actors who have sex with each other in movies? . . .
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2014/03/ninth-circuit-case-addresses-constitutionality-of-requiring-porn-actors-to-wear-condoms.html