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Originally posted by kenny
Introduced, signed, endorsed, it doesnt matter.
My point being that there is no clear way to fight agaisnt this bill. Republican, democrat, Bush, or Kerry, it doesnt matter.
Do you honestly think voting Kerry in office will put a stop to it?
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No and you have made a key point. While no politician will stop an anti- porn bill because of the political fallout you have to look at who is likely to introduce such a bill. This is a Republican issue one that their base wants to happen. The Clinton administration gave up on COPPA after the court ruled against it. According to the article above they didn?t want it in the first place and only capitulated once the Republicans tried to make it a ?Clinton is for porn? issue. The Bush administration decided to revive COPPA from the dead. The simple facts are if you have Republicans in the White House and in Congress they will advocate for things like this, and appoint judges that will likely uphold things like this. If you have Democrats in charge of both the White House and Congress, obscenity prosecutions and new laws like COPPA aren?t as likely to happen because it isn?t something their base cares much about. While you can?t make any guarantees how any appointed judge will vote once they are the bench Judges appointed by Democrats are less likely to filter their decisions through bible like Justice Scallia declared he does a few years ago.