1st Amendment Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//June 15, 2021//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Timothy B. Fredrickson

Case No.: 20-2051

Officials: BRENNAN, SCUDDER, and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges.

Focus: 1^st Amendment Violation

The First Amendment does not protect child pornography. In challenging his conviction for inducing sexually explicit videos from a minor, Timothy Fredrickson asks us to reconsider this well-established principle. He contends that because he could have lawfully watched the minor where she recorded the videos (Illinois) and where he received them (Iowa), the First Amendment shields him from prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). But child pornography’s exclusion from the First Amendment’s protection does not hinge on state law, so we affirm Fredrickson’s conviction.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is Associate Corporate Counsel, IP at Amazon.

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