High Court Tackles Kid Porn. A 1996 law that extends the ban on depictions of child pornography to acts involving adults who “appear” to be minors goes to the Court, since graphic acts between consenting adults enjoy more free speech protection. Opponents of the law argue that reasonable people can differ about who “appears” to be a minor. Proponents argue that child pornography cannot ever be effectively be fought unless the law encompasses the appearance as well as the reality, both because they can’t tell the difference and because they reason that apparent child porn entices children to participate in the real thing (??). Wired