sentence: Many states have laws restricting public profanity, loud noise in public, and disorderly conduct.
sentences_before: The offence of being a common scold has also become obsolete in the United States because only women could commit it. This was found to violate the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause.
sentences_after: None of these laws have any punishment similar to those traditionally used for the common scold.
concept_name: state
headings: Common scold Current status of the law
categories: Law