In Miller v. California, the Supreme Court ruled that expression is legally obscene only if it satisfies three elements. First, the material, taken as a whole, must appeal to the “prurient interest” (an excessive interest in sex). Second, it must depict sexual conduct in a patently offensive way as defined by law. And third, the material must lack any serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. It’s a demanding standard.

If a work fails to meet even one of these three elements, the First Amendment protects it.

God, I can't wait for them to hire someone with an art degree as an expert witness to testify on the artistic value of the image of Shrek jerking it

Literally 1984

Absolute legend

What does the First Amendment say?

About Shrek’s schlong specifically? Nothing, surprisingly.

This is why the American amendments are a failed system.

Aside from very narrow exceptions to the First Amendment, such as true threats or obscenity, the government generally cannot punish people for saying things to or about public officials, even if some find the speech offensive, insulting or vulgar.

They gonna get a lot more shrek schlong

Would be a real shame if the phone number was shared somewhere and the senator started getting shrek memes