Robert Matthew Bowman v. United States
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) authorizes conviction based on interstate movement of a phone containing child pornography without direct evidence linking possession to such movement, and whether Congress can impose criminal sanctions for conduct involving materials that have moved in interstate commerce
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) author izes conviction upon proof that a phone containing child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior time, when there is no evidence that the possession of child pornography itself caused such movement? II. Whether Article I, Sect ion 8 of the United States Constitution permits Congress to impose criminal sanctions for all conduct undertaken using materials that have moved in interstate commerce, however remotely, whether or not the criminal conduct caused such movement?