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Constitutional Law

Apr. 22, 2003

Censuring Censors

Forum Column By Jonathan E. Stern Imagine you are a blues guitarist taking a break in the recording studio. You open a comic book, only to see yourself drawn as a subhuman creature whose mother was raped by a worm and who commits gruesome acts against people and animals. You are outraged, but should it be illegal to caricature you in this way? The answer is no.

        Forum Column
        
        By Jonathan E. Stern
        
        Imagine you are a blues guitarist taking a break in the recording studio. You open a comic book, only to see yourself drawn as a subhuman creature whose mother wa...

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