United States Seventh Circuit

18 USC 2251(a) does not exceed Congress' Commerce Clause authority because it mandates a jurisdictional nexus: the child pornography must cross state lines, a movement that Congress may prohibit in order to prevent the spread of injurious or immoral uses.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2001
• Decided 07/24/2001
• Published 07/24/2001

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peggy A. Lautenschlager,Alice H. Green (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Eric M. Schwing (argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Richard H. Parsons, Office of Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.