Ban on obcsene phone calls ruled unconstitutional (GA)

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0405/26obsceneruling.html

The Georgia Supreme Court today ruled unconstitutional a state law that makes it a crime to carry on obscene and indecent conversations over the telephone.

In a unanimous ruling, the court threw out two misdemeanor convictions against Anthony McKenzie, a 17-year-old from Cumming who made a series of collect phone calls in 2003 from the Forsyth County jail to a 14-year-old girl he had recently met over the Internet.

The state law, passed by the General Assembly almost 40 years ago, imposes a ban on obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy and indecent comments, suggestions and proposals made during telephone conversations.

In striking down the statute, the state Supreme Court called the law "an overbroad infringement on the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech." The law fails to use the least restrictive means of curtailing such a right, the court said.

[truthisfreedom]

1. "they hate us for our freedoms."

[CottonBear]

2. Finally, the State of Georgia gets something right.

I love our new chief judge that we voted into office last year. She's a black woman! One bright spot in a red-dixiecrat state.

[liberalnurse]

5. Does this ruling come just in time......

for Bill O'Rilley to be deemed appropriate?

[DulceDecorum]

3. Crank Yankers RULES

[Fone Book]

4. That should be destroyed everywhere else too

[area51]

6. okay.

"...17-year-old from Cumming, {GA, made obscene phone calls}....

Must not touch obvious joke....

[Straight Shooter]

7. Now all the people who say "fuck bush" over the phone can relax.

:7

[renaissanceguy]

8. And finally Georgians can enjoy phone sex.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.21272015

[Javaman]

9. Is Amanda there?

Amanda hugnkiss?

[Scooter24]

10. Amanda hugnkiss

meet Hugh...Hugh Janus :)