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Texas court throws out anti-‘upskirt’ photography law for ‘violating right to freedom of expression’

Posted on September 21, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Rose Troup Buchanan reports:

A Texas court has thrown out a law prohibiting ‘up the skirt’ photography, on the grounds the previous ruling violated Texas’ citizens’ constitutional right to freedom of expression.

The Texas Court of Appeals ruled 8-1 to strike down part of a law which bans taking images of another person in public without their consent and with the intention to “arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person”, criticising the “paternalistic” intrusion into peoples’ private right to be aroused.

Read more on The Independent.

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