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Question

In Miller v. California, with reference to obscenity, the U.S. supreme court defined " contemporary community standards" as being determined by.
A.elected officials
B. national standards
C. global standards
D. local standards

Answer 1

I seem to remember (D). Lots of jokes about "contemporary community standards" at the time

And I guessed right :

"It is neither realistic nor constitutionally sound to read the First Amendment as requiring that the people of Maine or Mississippi accept public depiction of conduct found tolerable in Las Vegas, or New York City. People in different States vary in their tastes and attitudes, and this diversity is not to be strangled by the absolutism of imposed uniformity. As the Court made clear in Mishkin v. New York, primary concern with requiring a jury to apply the standard of "the average person, applying contemporary community standards" is to be certain that, so far as material is not aimed at a deviant group, it will be judged by its impact on an average person, rather than a particularly susceptible or sensitive person -- or indeed a totally insensitive one. We hold that the requirement that the jury evaluate the materials with reference to "contemporary standards of the State of California" serves this protective purpose and is constitutionally adequate.... "

"MILLER v. CALIFORNIA", SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 413 U.S. 15, June 21, 1973, Decided : http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/miller.html
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Answer 2

Yes it is "D", the point of community standards was that they be local not national.

Answer 3

B. National Standards

How I found it :
Placed your question in google
Clicked in the most appropriate link
Clicked edit > find ( in this page)
typed "cont. community standards," read 3 lines and boom ! I found the answer.

Answer 4

d. local standards

Answer 5

The answer is local standards. . .I had this in one of my buisness law classes. . sorry it took so long to answer

Answer 6

b