this case influenced for a new benchmark , Community standards replaced national standards for explicit material. This case set forth rules for obscenity prosecutions, but it also gave states and localities flexibility in determining what is obscene.the Court then ruled that obscene material cannot claim protection from the First Amendment.

the justices outlined a definition for obscene material, stating that it must meet three qualifications (AKA “the Miller test”) (1) the average person would find that it appeals to the prurient interest; 2) it depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions specifically defined by applicable state law; and 3) it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

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