01-19-2025, 11:57 PM
The Illinois law is unconstitutional because it states ""Purported child" means a visual representation that appears to depict a child under the age of 18 but may or may not depict an actual child under the age of 18." which the US Supreme court would have an issue with. The along with a few other lines in the law. It is also unconstitutional under the Illinois constitution because it violates the "Illinois single subject rule" which is found in Article 8 of the Illinois constitution which limit a bill to one subject, The new child pornography law was buried in the middle of a law that oversaw CDL for driving buses. therefore, it violates the single subject rule.