Sep 20, 2010
9th Circuit Strikes Down Law on Providing Explicit Materials to Minors
It shouldn’t be illegal to sell a Judy Blume novel to a little girl, the 9th Circuit said Monday. A three-judge panel found a pair of Oregon statutes that ban certain people from providing minors with sexually explicit information unconstitutionally broad, reversing a district court judgment. The ruling sides with booksellers and others, including a grandmother, who sued to halt enforcement of the laws, which are aimed at preventing child abuse.