Cyhist Jun 26 1997 A

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 12:49:45 -0500
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Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "David S. Bennahum" <davidsol@panix.com>
Subject: CM> Communications Decency Act overturned
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Dear Listmembers,

At approximately 10:00 am today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Communications Decency Act is unconstitutional.

The justices were divied 7-2 over the decision. Full text of the decision is available at:

http://www.ciec.org
http://www.aclu.org

An excerpt follows:


"The (Communications Decency Act) is a content-based regulation of speech. The vagueness of such a regulation raises special First Amendment concerns because of its obvious chilling effect on free speech."

"The CDA, casting a far darker shadow over free speech, threatens to torch a large segment of the Internet community."

-- Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the majority

best,
db

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