Whether the child pornography offense set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had a reckless mens rea as to the age of the minor under this Court's First Amendment precedent as most recently explained in Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. 66 (2023) and as a matter of statutory construction.

Whether the child pornography offense under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires the government to prove a reckless mens rea as to the minor's age under First Amendment precedent and statutory construction