Legal Opinion

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 13, 2002No. 00-1293PublishedCited by 332 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*566Justice Thomas

announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and IV, an opinion with respect to Parts III-A, III-C, and III-D, in which The Chief Justice and Justice Scalia join, and an opinion with respect to Part III-B, in which The Chief Justice, Justice O’Connor, and Justice Scalia join.

This case presents the narrow question whether the Child Online Protection Act’s (COPA or Act) use of “community standards” to identify “material that is harmful to minors” violates the First Amendment. We hold that this aspect of COPA does not…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Reno v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by332 opinions

  1. United States v. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. Pahls v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  3. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. United States v. AlvarezSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  5. Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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