Finely v. the National Endowment for the Arts: One Battle in America's War over the Arts In June of 1998, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley deciding to uphold the status quo. In an eight to one decision the Supreme Court upheld that Section 954(d)(1), the "decency and respect" clause, passed by congress in 1990. On the surface this judgment is a settlement against public …showed first 75 words of 1627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1627 total…talent. Hopefully this will help fight the problem of art critics and the art community having to defend every work on the basis that its art, instead of being able to decide whether its actually good enough to merit publicity and acclaim. All of these results display the importance of the case of Finely v. the National Endowment for the Arts as a pivotal case in the greater conflict over the Arts in this country.