"Deep Throat" and the First Amendment - Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008)

Recorded on December 13, 1976. (Episode S0259) | Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Deep Throat and the First Amendment | Guests: Harry Reems, Alan M. Dershowitz

Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008) - (Episode S0259)
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Harry Reems, one of the participants in Deep Throat, had been arrested on charges of commerce in obscenity; Mr. Dershowitz, rising to the First Amendment challenge, was leading his defense. (When Firing Line invited Mr. Dershowitz to discuss the case, he insisted on bringing Mr. Reems with him; Mr. Buckley intended to pretend Mr. Reems was not there, though good manners eventually got the better of him.) To Mr. Buckley's questions about the effect of pornography on society (does it foster illegitimacy, rape, abortion?), our guests, the one rather more eloquently than the other, offer a slab of First Amendment absolutism. AD: "I think that there have been major changes in the last ten years, brought about by a complex of factors... For example, Playboy magazine has probably had more of an influence on the sexual revolution than any hard-core porno films... You would have to ban Playboy magazine. You would probably have to ban Cosmopolitan magazine ... The point is, if you want to achieve the result, then you have to have much more censorship. If you want to have free speech, then you have to include Deep Throat..." WFB: "I think you are right. You have to sort of revitalize a whole central view of man, which is not easily done by the suppression of anything. But the suppression of certain things is an aspect of one's concern. Just as we suppressed the circulation of racist literature in Germany after the war."

———Links of Interest:————————————

👉 Charge Against 'Deep Throat' Limits Freedom, Reems Says By Donald Berk (December 9, 1976)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1976/12/9/charge-against-deep-throat-limits-freedom/

👉 Younger Dershowitz Argues Porn Case By Lisa J. Goodall (December 5, 1987)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/12/5/a-younger-dershowitz-argues-porn-case/

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I often hear Dr. E. Michael Jones make a reference to this Alan Dershowitz interview so I thought others may want to see it also.

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