Legal Opinion
Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 29, 2004No. 03-218PublishedCited by 392 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
This case presents a challenge to a statute enacted by Congress to protect minors from exposure to sexually explicit materials on the Internet, the Child Online Protection Act *660(COPA), 112 Stat. 2681-736, codified at 47 U.'S. C. § 231. We must decide whether the Court of Appeals was correct to affirm a ruling by the District Court that enforcement of COPA should be enjoined because the statute likely violates the First Amendment.
In enacting COPA, Congress gave consideration to our earlier decisions on this subject, in particular the decision in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U. S.…
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