Renowned Porn Battler Appointed to Central Role in Justice Department
by James L. Lambert
February 3, 2004
(AgapePress) - In a move which should send a clear message to the porn industry, Bruce A. Taylor has been hired by the U.S. Justice Department, effective this week. Taylor will be working as a senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General based in Washington, DC.Prior to his new role in the Justice Department, Taylor was the president and chief counsel of the National Law Center for Children and Families (NLC), a Virginia-based firm with a strong reputation in assisting cities and municipalities around the country to regulate the pornography industry through enforcement of local and national laws. Before joining the NLC, he was a senior trial attorney for the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to the NLC website, Taylor first served as a prosecutor and assistant director of law for the City of Cleveland, Ohio, where he prosecuted more than 600 obscenity cases, including an argument before the United States Supreme Court. He also served as assistant attorney general of the State of Arizona.
Taylor's vast experience has included representing public officials, law enforcement personnel, and citizens in civil lawsuits on civil rights, zoning, Internet pornography, nuisance abatement, criminal procedure, defamation, and federal challenges to federal, state, and municipal laws.
Taylor is known for his strong belief in upholding federal obscenity statutes and as a strong defender of victims of the porn trade. As a long-time friend of Taylor, Dr. Judith Reisman is "thrilled to hear about Bruce's appointment." The author and researcher says she is "cautiously optimistic" that Taylor will make an impact in justice's effort to limit and restrict clear violations of federal law by elements of the porn industry. Reisman, though, understands that politics could potentially play out in the Department by possibly restricting efforts to seriously prosecute new obscenity cases. She concludes by saying that "it is about time that the government shows concerns more about the massive rape of children vs. the profiteering of pornographers."
William P. Kelly, Esq. worked for many years as an investigator for the FBI and provided key testimony in the 1986 Commission on Pornography. Now retired from the FBI, he recently said he is "elated to hear this news [of Taylor's appointment]." Referring to Taylor's fine reputation, Kelly said "Bruce is one of the two top obscenity prosecutors in the country."
Taylor's now-vacant position at the National Law Center will be addressed this week in a board meeting of that non-profit organization. The NLC is still actively assisting individuals and municipalities in defense of their rights against intrusion by the porn trade, and continues to ask individuals to support their efforts through financial contributions.
James L. Lambert, who resides in San Diego, California, is a frequent contributor to AgapePress. He is the author of Porn in America (Huntington House), which can be purchased through the American Family Association; and a licensed loan sales agent who offers all types of real-estate mortgage loans. He can be reached via his website: JamesLLambert.com.
