Citing voluminous filings and a preference for airing controversial issues – such as balancing free speech with deterrence of child pornography – in an "open courtroom," a federal judge has denied summary judgment to both sides of a case testing federal regulation of pornography.
A group of more than a dozen organizations and individuals that make or distribute sexual images brought the case challenging the constitutionality of a federal law that would require them to keep detailed lists of their actors in 2009 and appealed the district court’s dismissal of the suit. Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit remanded the case for further exploration of the plaintiffs’ First and Fourth amendment claims.
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