"Big Bird dropping the f-bomb on Sesame Street."

U.S. Supreme Court Monitor - Supreme Court Debates the 'F-Bomb'
source: law.com

It was an unusual hour, as justices debated the relative impact of barnyard epithets, and Solicitor General Gregory Garre warned the Court not to rule in a way that could lead to "Big Bird dropping the f-bomb on Sesame Street."

At one point, Justice John Paul Stevens sheepishly asked whether regulators should be able to consider as a factor whether an expletive is used in a "hilarious, very, very funny" way. "Some of these things," the 88-year-old justice confessed, "you can't help but laugh at."

Garre agreed that could weigh in the consideration of whether the usage was shocking or titillating.

Sarcastically, Justice Antonin Scalia interjected, "Oh, it's funny. I mean, bawdy jokes are OK if they are really good."

Scalia is such a putz. And law.com isn't any fun at all - the link to the article seems "protected".

Well - here's the print friendly [link].


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