The First Amendment is violated by Ind. Code 35-42-4-12, which imposes A misdemeanor or D felony liability on certain sex offenders who use social networking web sites or instant messaging or chat room programs which the offenders know allow use by persons under eighteen.
7th Circuit
Bauer v. Shepard, No. 09-2963, ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir., Aug. 20, 2010)
The challenge to the 2008 version of the Code of Judicial Conduct is unripe, not moot.