The Cincinnati Hustle
May, 1977
The conviction of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt in Cincinnati in February is the latest in a series of censor-ship cases inspired by the Supreme Court's pernicious 1973 community-standards doctrine of obscenity. Like the Memphis Deep Throat case and the Screw prosecution in Wichita, this is not just an attempt to keep offending material out of one community; it is an effort to dictate moral standards to the entire country. If anyone doubts that, here is Cincinnati prosecutor Simon Leis, Jr., cro...
