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Three Overbroad Texas Penal Statutes

| November 29, 2012

(Despite the “hey, look at me, I’m a list” title, this is a post for law geeks). The Texas online-solicitation-of-a-minor statute, Texas Penal Code Sec­tion 33.021 vio­lates the First Amend­ment to the United States Con­sti­tu­tion because it bars adults mak­ing sexually-related com­mu­ni­ca­tions that are nei­ther solic­i­ta­tive nor obscene to minors. The Texas online-impersonation statute, Texas Penal […]

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