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<br>Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. Dallas, 390 U.S. 676 (1968) (two cases)</ref>
 
<br>Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. Dallas, 390 U.S. 676 (1968) (two cases)</ref>
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These decisions unleashed a flood of pornography into the marketplace and largely prevented local governments from stopping it.  Hollywood got the message.  In 1965 the Best Picture was the ''Sound of Music'', a family film enjoyed by millions to this day.  In 1969 the Best Picture was ''Midnight Cowboy'', a depressing pornographic film that had an X rating and has long since been forgotten.
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These decisions unleashed a flood of pornography into the marketplace and largely prevented local governments from stopping it.  Hollywood got the message.  In 1965 the Best Picture was ''The Sound of Music'', a family film enjoyed by millions to this day.  In 1969 the Best Picture was ''Midnight Cowboy'', a depressing pornographic film that had an X rating and has long since been forgotten.
    
Judge Robert Bork wrote, "The suffocating vulgarity of popular culture is in large measure the work of the [Supreme] Court" because "it defeated [our] attempts ... to ... minimize vulgarity."<ref>Robert Bork, ''Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges'', AEI Press p. 64 (2003)</ref>
 
Judge Robert Bork wrote, "The suffocating vulgarity of popular culture is in large measure the work of the [Supreme] Court" because "it defeated [our] attempts ... to ... minimize vulgarity."<ref>Robert Bork, ''Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges'', AEI Press p. 64 (2003)</ref>
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