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Hays Code regulations leave an ugly mark on American media

Story by Charlotte Dekle Associate Feature Editor Illustration by Isole Kim Staff Illustrator Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart summed up censorship laws best in his threshold test for obscenity in 1964’s Jacobellis v Ohio, stating “I know it when I see it.” This now infamous quote perfectly encapsulates society’s hasty interpretations of obscenity in film […]

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