Constitutional Law
Aug. 1, 2000
X-Rated Rights
By Roger Jon Diamond. In Free Speech Coalition v. Reno, 198 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 1999), the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a portion of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 that made it a crime to depict children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, even if the depiction is a drawing of a fictitious child or is computer generated. Last Monday, the 9th Circuit denied the petition for rehearing en banc.
In Free Speech Coalition v. Reno, 198 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 1999), the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a portion of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 that made it a crime to depict children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, even if the depiction is a drawing of a fictitious child or is computer generated. Last Monday, the 9th Circuit denied the petition for ...
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