Texas obscenity law

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The Texas obscenity statute is a statute that regulates the distribution, promotion, and sales of obscene materials. It originally sought to regulate devices one uses to stimulate oneself sexually. While this ban still exists in the statute, in 2008 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit ruled in Reliable Consultants, Inc v. Earle that the ban violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, so has no effect. The statute has since then evolved to control online media and obscene distributors.

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