U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
May 29, 2015
Private payment, private sex
Is sexual privacy a constitutional right? If so, does that cover private payment for private sex? Those are questions posed in a case filed in Northern California.
Jerald Mosley
Jerald is retired from practice in employment and constitutional law as a supervising deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice.
Is sexual privacy a constitutional right? If it is, why doesn't that right cover private payment for private sex? Those are questions posed by Erotic Service Provider Legal Education and Research Project v. Gascon, filed March 4 in federal district court in Northern California. The plaintiffs seek a declaration that California's anti-prostitution provision, Penal Code Section 647(b), violates the substantive due process liberty interest of consenting adu...
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