Re: Supreme Court ruling on COPA

[Mark Williams <markwilliams@MAKAW.NET>]

Special thanks to Nancy for a cogent review of the recent ruling by the
Supremes dealing with COPA, especially the 'interesting' twist this puts
the Department of Justice in.

Mark


At 07:38 AM 6/30/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Now folks, this is an interesting ruling.
>
>U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES COPA UNCONSTITUTIONAL
>A divided US Supreme Court has ruled that COPA is
>unconstitutional. By a vote of 5-4, the majority said a
>lower court was correct to block the law from taking effect
>because it likely violates the First Amendment. It called
>for a new trial to determine whether less restrictive
>technologies such as filters can protect children online or
>whether technology could make COPA effective without
>violating the First Amendment.

Mark Williams
Retired Librarian/Library Consultant
markwilliams@makaw.net
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