U.S. Supreme Court won't stop Nevada from banning brothel ads

[The Straight Story]

U.S. Supreme Court won't stop Nevada from banning brothel ads

On the same day U.S. Sen. Harry Reid urged state legislators to outlaw prostitution, the legal brothel industry was dealt another blow, this one by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The high court refused Tuesday to hear an appeal from brothel owners, thereby allowing to stand a Nevada law that bans them from advertising in newspapers.

For plaintiff and brothel owner Bobbi Davis, the decision is baffling.

"I find it odd they don't want to hear it," the owner of Nye County's Shady Lady brothel said Tuesday, moments after hearing the news.

Davis thinks the ban is patently unconstitutional, and she thinks it will allow illegal prostitution in Las Vegas to continue to flourish unabated.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/u-s-supreme-court-won-t-stop-nevada-from-banning-brothel-ads-116676114.html?ref=114

[Ozymanithrax]

1. They banned cigarette commercials form TV in 1971...

So why would banning ads for Silk Pillow Girl houses be unconstitutional.

[Vincardog]

2. TV at the time used PUBLIC AIRWAVES. Not so with NEWSPAPERS

[MindPilot]

3. I wish they would ban to handouts on the street

Irritating and annoying, I think it is the Strip's most prolific source of litter.


So they can advertise on busses, fixed and mobile billboards, taxis, phone books, storefronts, building frontage, but the newspaper is sacrosanct? I don't get it.

[damntexdem]

4. Well, that NV legislators passed this only shows: "Too many crooks spoil the brothel."

And old adage proves true. ;-)