<Li> FCC v. Pacifica (1978) (external link) better known as the landmark "seven dirty words" case . In that ruling, the Court found that only "repetitive and frequent" use of the words in a time or place when a minor could hear can be punished . </Li> <Li> In State v. Henry (1987), the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the Oregon state law that criminalized obscenity was an unconstitutional restriction of free speech under the free speech provision of the Oregon Constitution, with the ruling making Oregon the "first state in the nation to abolish the offense of obscenity ." </Li> <Li> In Reno v. ACLU (1997), the Supreme Court struck down indecency laws applying to the Internet . </Li> <P> In U.S. legal texts, the question of "obscenity" presently always refers to the "Miller test obscenity". As articulated in several sections of 18 USC Chapter 71, the Supreme Court has ruled that it is constitutional to legally limit the sale, transport for personal use or other transmission of obscenity . However, it has ruled unconstitutional the passing of law concerning personal possession of obscenity per se . Federal obscenity laws at present apply to inter-state and foreign obscenity issues such as distribution; intrastate issues are for the most part still governed by state law . "Obscene articles...are generally prohibited entry" to the United States by U.S. Customs and Border Protection . </P>

When is a form of media considered obscene