declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh) spake thus and so:

WASHINGTON, DC -- With no fanfare and no hype, the Justice Department yesterday faxed a 39-word statement to Senator Exon saying they will appeal their loss in the Philadelphia case.

The consolidated lawsuits of ACLU v. Reno and ALA v. DoJ resulted in a victory for the plaintiffs earlier this month after a three-judge panel granted a preliminary injunction preventing the DoJ from enforcing the Communications Decency Act.

Sounds like a case of "political testicles in a vise." This smells like an election-year maneuver so the Clinton administration can maintain its faade. (After all, who wants to be called "soft on the protection of children"?) By the time it's finally settled, the Congresscritters will have been re-elected and can go merrily back to perverting the Constitution. So how'd we wind up having to choose between *these* two yahoos for President? :-)