# Pitting UltraVires

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/342 "2021-04-28T22:33:15Z")

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West Virginia’s dumbest lawyer thinks that child pornography laws are a violation of the first amendment, apparently:

> [@High School Student "Free Speech" Case Before SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-free-speech-case-before-scotus/940931/119):
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> > [@High School Student "Free Speech" Case Before SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-free-speech-case-before-scotus/940931/117):
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> > Considering her age, that would involve the creation and distribution of child pornography, a serious crime, so yes, that would be a different scenario.
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> Then that law would be unconstitutional as she was engaging in free speech, no?

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