On Jan. 22, Judge Shira Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York -- in a ringing defense of the First Amendment -- found the act unconstitutional and struck it down.
The act was sponsored by conservative Congressmen Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) and Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-Md.) and former Congressman Robert K. Dornan; and supported by the Christian Coalition, the Traditional Values Coalition, the Family Research Council, and other conservative groups.
Judge Scheindlin has worked on some interesting cases, including that of an INS employee who paid dearly for "whistle blowing" on corruption and reverse discrimination here
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INS case here