“The US Supreme Court has upheld an effort by Congress to make it illegal to offer or promote child pornography — even when the photographs being offered or promoted don’t really exist or involve real children. In a 7-to-2 decision announced on Monday, the high court said the law was a constitutional effort by Congress to protect innocent children from a thriving form of abuse. The majority justices upheld the law even though it restricted certain kinds of speech that critics said must be protected by the First Amendment. Instead, the high court said Congress had struck the correct balance in passing the anti-child-pornography law.” [editor’s note: It’s tempting to toss in a quip about Pixar having to dismantle their next megaproject … but we won’t! - SAT] (05/20/08)