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May 2, 2005

The Miller Test ... Warren Miller, That Is.

T
wo young men in Laramie, Wyoming, have been charged with promoting obscenity for erecting, um, I mean building a penis out of snow in their front yard.

Really.

Interestingly, Wyoming law does not define "obscenity" precisely; most judges simply say they "know it when they ski it."

Posted by Eric at May 2, 2005 11:29 PM

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Check out Althouse. Wyoming officials aren't the only people unamused by giant phalluses. (Phalli?)

Posted by: Al Maviva at May 3, 2005 6:50 AM

Aw man, the attorney's name is Vang; I at first misread it as Wang. For a minute I got all excited, so to speak.

Posted by: Anderson at May 3, 2005 5:53 PM

Ho, ho, ho.

Posted by: Mojo at May 3, 2005 9:23 PM

It's good to see that you're keeping up with Laramie's pressing constitutional issues, Prof. Muller. I imagine there are fewer snow-themed First Amendment questions at UNC...

Posted by: Michael O'Flannigan at May 5, 2005 5:42 PM