WASHINGTON — Today, Prof. Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and founder of American Principles Project, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr requesting clarification on the Department of Justice’s policy regarding obscenity laws. Specifically, Prof. George asked if the DOJ believes these laws could be used to regulate online … Read more
WASHINGTON – On Friday, four Members of Congress sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr urging the Department of Justice to prioritize the enforcement of existing obscenity statutes in order to crack down on illegal pornography. The letter called attention to the many social harms which have resulted from the recent explosion in obscene … Read more
From APP executive director Terry Schilling’s op-ed in First Things: A thirteen-year-old with a smartphone in 2019 has greater access to pornography than the most depraved deviant could have dreamed possible two decades ago. At the time of the landmark Reno v. ACLU decision to permit online pornography in 1997, the Internet was still in its … Read more