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Although I don't understand how he reconciles that with his rather strict views on "obscenity" and how that can be strictly regulated.

The constitution doesn't specifically address either, yet nudity can absolutely be regulated (or according to Scalia completely banned) while violence is just fine.



Justice Scalia considers historical exceptions that were accepted at the time that the First Amendment was ratified. His view is that there was such an exception for "obscenity", but not for violence.




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