Comments on: Comics? Must be for kids http://overlawyered.com/2003/08/comics-must-be-for-kids/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BeldarBlog http://overlawyered.com/2003/08/comics-must-be-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-94 BeldarBlog Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:39:44 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=215#comment-94 <strong>Which headline has more sizzle: "Supreme Court strips porno-comics of First Amendment Protection" or "Man convicted because his lawyer failed to object"?</strong> That incredible constitutional ruling that stripped First Amendment protection from comic books because they're just for kids, surely that's a big deal! Except ... that's not at <i>all</i> what the Dallas Court of Appeals actually said. Which headline has more sizzle: “Supreme Court strips porno-comics of First Amendment Protection” or “Man convicted because his lawyer failed to object”?

That incredible constitutional ruling that stripped First Amendment protection from comic books because they’re just for kids, surely that’s a big deal! Except … that’s not at all what the Dallas Court of Appeals actually said.

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