The Supreme Court has ruled that material is obscene if it has prurient sexual content and is devoid of social value.

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The Supreme Court established in the Roth v. United States case (1957) that material is considered obscene if it is utterly without redeeming social importance and is calculated to excite lustful thoughts. This definition was further refined in Miller v. California (1973), where the Court set specific standards for what constitutes obscenity, including whether the work lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

The Supreme Court Has Ruled That Material Is Obscene If