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Before Harvard, there was 2 Live Crew. The hip-hop group hit the spotlight in 1989 with its album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be,” which included the single “Me So Horny.” Nick Navarro , the sheriff of Florida’s Broward County , thought it went too far. “I’m a freak in heat, a dog without warning,” the rappers sang. “My appetite is sex, ’cause me so horny.” U.S. District Judge Jose Gonzalez agreed with Navarro that the song was obscene, and 2 Live Crew appealed.

In 1990 I served the federal court here in South Florida as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the obscenity trial that determined Miami rap group 2 Live Crew’s album As Nasty As They Wanna Be was obscene and thus not protected by the First Amendment. The verdict -- the first in world history that a sound recording was obscene -- was handed down by Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr., a liberal judge appointed by President Carter and who was hailed for his civil rights record by the ACLU and the rap group’s lawyer when the case was assigned to...

Two Mesquite teens were turned away from their senior prom last weekend, told by school officials that their dresses were too revealing. Natarra Allen and Brittni Brown say they are devastated because they had to miss the once-in-a-lifetime event. Mesquite school officials say they made it very clear what types of dresses are considered inappropriate. Horn High School even gave a PowerPoint presentation with examples

<p>While Virginia Tech appears ready to jump, Miami (Fla.) is showing some uncertainty about joining the Hokies in leaving the Big East for an expanded Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC confirmed Wednesday that it has extended membership invitations to the two schools, veering from the league's original plan to add Miami, Boston College and Syracuse.</p>

Pickin' and Grinnin': College football goes to the courts June 12, 2003 The unthinkable has happened. College football is now mirroring society. Let's all officially welcome the group entering through the back door, with their shiny suits and plastic hair and their arguments for the sake of argument. Ladies and gentlemen, lawyers and politicians have their slithery sights set on our sacred game. The problem: They were invited by five jilted and jaded girlfriends from the Big East, who can't understand why The Bachelor didn't pick them. Officials from Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Rutgers have filed suit...

The ACC announced Tuesday that a vote for expansion might not occur until later this month, but regardless of the outcome the Big East is going to be proactive about its future and pursue a 16-team league, a source told ESPN.com. At least one source close to the Big East said the conference wouldn't stand idle waiting to get raided again by the ACC or another league. The source said the Big East cannot remain a fractured 14-team league in basketball and eight teams in football. The financial issues would still be divisive if the league remained as is even...