NLC joins brief before US Supreme Court

The National Law Center joined a friend of the Court brief before the US Supreme Court on an important Child Pornography case. The NLC was joined by child advocacy organizations Stop Child Predators, The KlaasKids Foundation, The Joyful Child Foundation and the Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation.

Oral argument on case was heard by the Supreme Court on October 30, 2007.

The case, US v. Williams, is an appeal of a federal court striking down a law that prohibited persons from marketing and trafficking child pornography on the internet. "This case is important to provide law enforcement a tool to combat the on-line exploitation of children" said Richard Whidden, NLC Executive Director. "We are proud to partner with leaders in child advocacy field in bringing these arguments in support of children before the Court,” Mr. Whidden added.

The case is scheduled for review by the Supreme Court later this year. To read a copy of this brief, click here.

< Prev		Next >

[ Back ]

NLC E-Newsletter

Search The Web

Newsflash

NLC Commends Internet Service Providers' Agreement on Child Pornography Access

Cooperation with New York Attorney General acknowledges private sector working to curtail illegal content

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - June 16, 2008 - The National Law Center for Children and Families (NLC), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to combating child sexual exploitation, commended three Internet service providers (ISPs) for an agreement to purge their servers of child pornography newsgroups and Web sites.

In addition to restricting customer access to the illegal material, the ISPs - Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint - agreed to donate more than $1 million to be used for additional anti-child pornography efforts within the attorney general's office and through nonprofit organizations.