From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
To: frissell@panix.com (Duncan Frissell)
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Raw Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 17:08:04 PST
From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 17:08:04 PST
To: frissell@panix.com (Duncan Frissell)
Subject: Re: Gun conversion info banne
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Duncan writes:
> "labeling for an unlawful medical device" -- the Orgone Accumulator.
> Likewise FDA seizures of Scientolgy literature in the '60s as "labeling
> for an unlawful medical device" -- E-meters. Then there are the moves
> against vitamin literature in recent FDA raids. I don't think the courts
> have ever faced the specific issue of regulatory censorship.
>
These cases are pre-Brandenburg v. Ohio. In Brandenburg, the Supreme Court
held that mere advocacy of illegal conduct is Constitutionally protected.
--Mike
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