Court Opinion

ID: 9440132
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 07:23:10.630978+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:27:14.157460
License: Public Domain

OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge,
Concurring.
I join the majority opinion. I am satisfied that it does not foreclose ‘as applied’ challenges in limited, yet-to-be-defined circumstances. An overbroad definition of conduct constitutionally proscribed by the statute here at issue could impermissibly tilt the balance between the federal interest in suppressing commerce in pornography and violation of the constitutional protections afforded to the intimate relations of individuals and to the traditional law enforcement prerogatives of the states. Because we recognize that, in circumstances not present here, application of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) could be inconsistent with such limitations on federal Commerce Clause power, I am satisfied that Section II.A.3 of our opinion adequately honors those limitations.