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Forty-two Senators (most of the usual suspects) have signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling for the prosecution of pornography under American obscenity laws. You might recall such a case against Evil Angel entrepreneur John Stagliano last year that sought to do the same thing, but was thrown out on technical grounds.

Declaring porn legally obscene so that it can be prosecuted brings with it a high cost to Freedom of Speech as protected by the First Amendment. If the government can define a particular form of speech as obscene for the sole purpose of having it censored, what's to stop them from declaring other forms of speech as obscene, such as speaking out against Presidential, Congressional, or Judicial actions?

You may or may not have heard of the trial of John Stagliano.  You would think that, especially in 2010, a small businessman such as he would be considered a model of American entrepreneurship.  But the Obama administration, brought to power through a promise of hope and change, is showing that it has no problem pursing the silence of speech which it declares obscene.

Stagliano built his enterprise, Evil Angel, literally from the ground up.  His business is now worth millions and provides dozens of full-time jobs, hundreds of well-compensated part-time jobs, and even provides jobs that are required by the bureaucratic red tape that regulates the porn industry.