Texas ‘Upskirt’ Law Ruled Unconstitutional [View all]

[Stonepounder]

This country has lost its mind! An appeals court in Texas has ruled that its OK to take upskirt photos as they are protected by the 1st amentment! I am simply speechless.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday struck down a part of the state penal code that banned people from taking photos or videos up women’s skirts in public. The state’s highest criminal court, in an 8-1 decision, said the statute violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech by criminalizing photos taken for sexual gratification.

In her summary court opinion, Judge Sharon Keller said the First Amendment protects expressive speech -- in this case a “person’s purposeful creation of photographs and visual recordings.” She called the camera “essentially the photographer’s pen and paintbrush.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/texas-upskirt-law-ruled-unconstitutional-anti-creepshot-privacy-statutes-face-legal-1691321