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...first in America--centers around three clowns (two Harlequins and Columbine) making fun of a religious procession and of each other. Interspersed, in the scenes, is a brief but touching affair between the Cantatrice--a prop girl who pretends to perform when no one is looking--and the Censor from the religious procession...
Although the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and press, the Supreme Court has held that certain kinds of expression, such as obscenity, are unworthy of protection. But if this makes some censorship permissible, what limits should the court place on the censor's power...
Short Tether. Significantly shifting the burden of proof to censors, Justice William J. Brennan ruled that "the exhibitor must be assured by statute or authoritative judicial construction that the censor will, within a specified brief period, either issue a license or go to court to restrain showing the film." As for the judicial part of the process, Brennan suggested that it should take no more than three or four days...
...Douglas and Hugo Black concurred, but they wanted to go much further. "I would put an end to all forms and types of censorship and give full literal meaning to the command of the First Amendment," insisted Douglas. His brethren thought it was enough simply to put the censor on a shorter tether...
Meeting in an emergency session last night, the B.U. Student Congress voted disapproval of Case's decision to invoke a dusty section of the newspaper's charter which permits the administration to censor student articles and compel the paper to print whatever articles the administration sees fit to submit...