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Supremes OK virtual Child Porn

 
 
Ethan Hawke
17:20 / 16.04.02
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a law that banned virtual or computer-generated images of minors engaged in sex acts. The 6-3 decision was notable in that Clarence Thomas did not, for once, vote on the side of his mentor/puppetmaster Antonin Scalia. Thomas sided with the majority, while prooffering his own opinion (another rarity).

Full story here :Salon

Can we infer anything about Justice Thomas's web-surfing habits from this ruling?
 
 
w1rebaby
18:30 / 16.04.02
Well, I'd like to believe that Thomas had motives based on the idea of free speech and an objection to the scope of the law concerned. He is a judge, sure, but some of them are okay.