Joachim Dressler v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Racine County
FirstAmendment DueProcess Privacy
Do this Court's First Amendment 'prior restraint' holdings that command 'strict procedural safeguards' designed to obviate the dangers of a freewheeling censorship system, permit Wisconsin to authorize the seizure — from a home — of any, unspecified, First Amendment-protected printed and filmed materials officers can find; permit a court to declare the mere 'act of possessing' them as 'other acts' evidence to admit their message-content as inculpatory criminal evidence to 'prove' the defendant is homosexual, expressly deny a Freedman adversary hearing and 'prompt judicial review;' and threaten sanctions for seeking Freedman compliance any First Amendment merits review in its courts?
QUESTION PRESENTED Do this Court’s First Amendment “prior restraint” holdings that command “strict ; procedural safeguards” designed to obviate the dangers of a freewheeling censorship system, see Freedman y. Maryland, 380 U.S. 51, 58 (1965) and Southeastern Promotions Ltd. v. Conrad, 420 U.S. 546 (1975), permit Wisconsin to authorize the seizure — from a home — of any, unspecified, First Amendment-protected printed and filmed materials officers can find; permit a court to declare the mere “act of possessing” them as “other acts” evidence to admit their message-content as inculpatory criminal evidence to “prove” the defendant is homosexual, expressly deny a Freedman adversary hearing and “prompt judicial review;” and threaten sanctions for seeking Freedman compliance any First Amendment merits review in its courts? — . _<