DOJ to go after Extreme

NYT [via]:

In a case representing a major test of the Bush administration's campaign against pornography, the Justice Department said Wednesday that it would appeal a recent decision by a federal judge that declared federal obscenity laws unconstitutional.

The Justice Department said that if the judge's interpretation of federal law was upheld, it would undermine not only anti-obscenity prohibitions, but also laws against prostitution, bigamy, bestiality and others based on shared views of public morality.

1/27/05: Legal Reader reports that a federal judge has dismissed obscenity charges Friday against California pornography business Extreme Associates, who were featured in the PBS frontline special American Porn (which is now available for viewing online), finding obscenity statutes unconstitutional in the case. [order]

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