Williams v. King

FSC and FALA filed this joint amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in a challenge to Alabama’s ban on the sale of sexual devices. The brief argues that the constitutional right to sexual privacy recognized in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) extends to adults’ choices to use such devices in private, and that manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who serve that demand are entitled to the same constitutional protections previously established for contraceptive commerce in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965). The brief also notes the widespread and mainstream use of sexual devices by American adults, and argues that the commerce in such products can and does operate discreetly, focused on consenting adults.