A federal Court has
struck down the anti-porn law. In
U.S. v. Extreme Associates, the government charged an internet porn company with ten felony counts of obscenity. The government's argument was that "entertaining lewd and lustful thoughts stimulated by viewing material that appeals to one's purient interests . . . . is immoral conduct even when done by consenting adults in private," and therefore Congress could make laws to prevent such conduct.
The court wanted no part of this tripe. In a decision relying heavily on Lawrence v. Texas, Judge Lancaster of the Western District of Pennsylvania held that "upholding the public sense of morality is not even a legitimate state interest," and therefore the federal anti-obscenity law could not be turned against the defendant.