Larry Flynt, Jerry Falweel and the Ist Amendement

[panader0]

I saw the movie not long ago with Woody Harrelson as Larry Flynt calling Falwell "Fartwell". Flynt was the winner of the lawsuit.
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Larry Flynt won an important Supreme Court decision on February 24, 1988,<6> after having been sued by Jerry Falwell in 1983 over an offensive ad parody in Hustler that featured Falwell. The ad suggested that Falwell's first sexual encounter was with his mother in an out-house. Falwell sued Flynt citing emotional distress caused by the ad but lost in court. The decision clarified that public figures cannot recover damages for "intentional infliction of emotional distress" based on parodies.
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[Rude Horner]

1. Excellent movie

"The People vs. Larry Flynt", for anybody who hasn't seen it.

[EdwardM]

2. That was one of the greatest decision the Court ever made.

If it would have went the other way, George Carlin would have to worry about not "offending" anyone. That was one of the few times the supreme court respected the 1st amendment, which they seem to have trouble doing with FCC restrictions.