ON THIS DAY: In 1790, the first session of the U.S. Supreme Court was held in New York City -- the chief justice was John Jay. The question of how far Constitutionally guaranteed free speech can go -- which pornographer Larry Flynt delighted in testing -- is precisely the kind of issue the Court was created to deal with. In the 1996 film THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, director Milos Forman explores the HUSTLER publisher's legal battles, which culminated in -- yup -- a hearing before the highest American court. [today's movie at IMDb]

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