FC: Supreme Court disses COPA anti-erotica law, sends to appeals ct

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Photos of ACLU attorneys, rivals after oral arguments in November 2001:
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/copa-supreme-court-nov01.html

Politech archive on COPA:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=copa

-Declan

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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52478,00.html

   8:20 a.m. May 13, 2002 PDT
   WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court partly upheld a law intended to shield
   children from online smut, but said Monday there are unresolved free
   speech questions that prevent the law from taking effect now.

   The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the law as
   unconstitutional, claiming that in protecting children the Child
   Online Protection Act also violates the rights of adults to see or buy
   what they want on the Internet.

   [...]




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