In a refreshingly lopsided 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court has upheld a federal law against child pornography.(The Week)(Brief article)

In a refreshingly lopsided 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court has upheld a federal law against child pornography. One might have thought common ground could be found on banning this narrow and revolting traffic, but it has proven difficult. In 2002 the Supreme Court invalidated such a law as too broad. The following year, Congress prohibited images of actual children engaging in sex acts, and of children (actual, virtual, or adults posing as children) engaging in obscene conduct, in interstate and foreign commerce, including on the Internet. An appeals court found even these carefully targeted proscriptions too sweeping, ...