Porn industry trade group Free Speech Coalition filed a constitut...
Porn industry trade group Free Speech Coalition filed a constitutional challenge to federal rules for maintenance of records on adult performers and those who engage in “simulated” sexual activity. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia concerns…
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the so-called 2257 and 2257A rules, promulgated by the Justice Department at the tail end of the George W. Bush administration to comply with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (WID Dec 29 p1). Other plaintiffs include “mainstream media” photographers, a photographer and photojournalist trade group, sex educators and sexologists, journalists, and adult producers, performers and distributors, the coalition said. The Supreme Court’s decision not to review a previous case concerning the 2257 rules, Connection v. Holder, spurred the challenge, the group said. The rules “impose heavy and unnecessary burdens on constitutionally protected expression” by many segments of society, said plaintiffs’ lawyer Michael Murray. Coalition Executive Director Diane Duke called on the new Justice Department to “clean up this constitutional mess. We plan on holding their feet to the fire the entire way.”