Admin Is public nudity constitutional?
Being topless in public is not inherently expressive activity. As such, laws prohibiting women from being topless in public do not violate the 1st Amendment. There is no Constitutional right for women to be topless in public.
Is nudity protected?
But legal experts say previous court rulings suggest that being nude does not, in itself, constitute an act of expression. “It’s taken as a given by the Supreme Court that a general restriction on public nudity is constitutional,” says Frederick Schauer, professor of law at the University of Virginia.
Is nude protest legal?
NSFW pictures inside link) who protested against Facebook while being totally nude out in the street. There’s no federal law against nudity just as there is no federal law against prostitution or gambling. These types of ‘blue laws’ are up to states and localities to decide.