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87 S. Cal. L. Rev. 859 (2013-2014)
You Can Touch, But You Can't Look: Examining the Inconsistencies in Our Age of Consent and Child Pornography Laws

handle is hein.journals/scal87 and id is 905 raw text is: YOU CAN TOUCH, BUT YOU CAN'T
LOOK: EXAMINING THE
INCONSISTENCIES IN OUR AGE OF
CONSENT AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
LAWS
MACKENZIE SMITH*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION                     .......................................860
II. OVERVIEW OF AGE OF CONSENT AND CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY LAWS................................863
A. THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE LAW    ....................863
B. THE CASES CAUGHT IN-BETWEEN .....................865
1. State v. Senters............... ...................865
2. United States v. Bach ............ ................866
3. People v. Hollins ............... .... ... .... ........866
III. CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENTS      .......................867
A. THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY .............867
1. A Historical Overview  ................... ........867
2. First Amendment Arguments.......................869
B. THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND SEXUAL PRIVACY.........871
1. A Historical Overview  ..................... .......871
2. Substantive Due Process Arguments............. .......872
3. Equal Protection Arguments ................. ......873
IV. POLICY ARGUMENTS       .......................... .......875
A. PASSING RATIONAL BASIS REVIEW   .....................875
B. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE COURTS' LEGITIMATE BASIS...876
C. OTHER POLICY CONSIDERATIONS  ......................879
1. The Adolescent Victim  .........................879
* Class of 2014, University of Southern California Gould School of Law; B.A. Anthropology
2005, Pomona College.

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