I get the feeling these prosecutors thought this was going to be a no brainer, open and shut case brought to a more conservative Pittsburg court and away from California. It seems they got just the opposite. The judge wrote a 45 page opinion on the case. That in itself tells me that he was expecting to receive a ton of scrutiny from federal prosecutors all the way up to the attorney generals office. I haven't read the opinion, only snipets, but it seems to me that even your middle of the road judges aren't ready to start enforcing obscenity laws even in this extreme case.

I applaud Judge Lancasters decision. You just can't pick and choose who and what you want the first amendment to apply to or not apply to.