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Dr Jeffrey Satinover, nan yon deklarasyon te remèt bay komite Sena Ameriken nan 2008, eksplike: "Li te toujou sanble pwòp tèt ou-evidan ke pònografi se pa gen anyen plis pase yon fòm 'ekspresyon.' Merit pozitif li yo, mank ladan l ', oswa move toujou Se poutèt sa yo te deba nan tèm ki apwopriye a' ekspresyon, 'ak lwa nou yo reflete kòm anpil. Nou diskite sou 'moralite' nan literati pònografik; nati li kòm atizay 'wo' oswa 'ba'; si li gen nenpòt ki 'valè rachte.' Referans a 'travay' nan 'literati' pònografik ak 'zak' nan 'dans' pònografik yo enskri nan nivo ki pi wo nan sistèm de lwa konstitisyonèl ameriken-mo sa yo nan sitasyon pi ba fè li klè ke konpreyansyon nan pònografi kòm ekspresyon se fondasyon ak enkontèstabl. ”
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Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, in a statement delivered to U.S. Senate committee in 2008, explained: “It has always seemed self-evident that pornography is nothing more than a form of ‘expression.’ Its putative merits, lack thereof, or evils always therefore have been debated in terms appropriate to ‘expression,’ and our laws reflect as much. We argue over the ‘morality’ of pornographic literature; its nature as ‘high’ or ‘low’ art; whether it has any ‘redeeming value.’ References to ‘works’ of pornographic ‘literature’ and ‘acts’ of pornographic ‘dance’ are enshrined at the highest levels of American constitutional jurisprudence-the words in quotation marks making it clear that the understanding of pornography as expression is foundational and unquestioned.”