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2257 rule struck down

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:33 pm
by cymerc
FYI to any and all interested parties:

Majority on partially divided three-judge Sixth Circuit panel strikes down as facially unconstitutional the recordkeeping requirements federal criminal law places on producers of images of "actual sexually explicit conduct" to verify the ages of those depicted in the images: Describing the federal statute at issue, the majority opinion explains, "The plain text, the purpose, and the legislative history of the statute make clear that Congress was concerned with all child pornography and considered recordkeeping important in battling all of it, without respect to the creator's motivation." The majority proceeds to hold the statute facially overbroad and then strikes down the law as unconstitutional.

More at the source: http://howappealing.law.com/102307.html#029204

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:44 pm
by motsel
It will take simialar actions in additional circuits before the issue is raised to the Supreme Court to determine that it is unconstitutional throughout the US.