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Communications Decency Act:
Reno v. ACLU

Argued: March 19, 1997	Decided: June 26, 1997
Votes: 9 to 0 and 7 to 2

At Issue: How the First Amendment applies to the provisions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.

Decision: The Court struck down a federal law restricting indecent material on the Internet as a violation of free speech rights.

• Read the full text of the Reno v. ACLU decision at the FindLaw Internet Legal Resources Web site.

• Listen to the Reno v. ACLU oral argument and the announcement of the Court's decision in RealAudio at the Oyez Oyez Oyez Web site.

Background from The Post • Supreme Court Rejects Curbs on Online Speech (June 27, 1997)
• Statute 'Silences Some Speakers . . . Entitled to Constitutional Protection' (June 27, 1997)
• Smut Ruling Ratifies the Internet's Founding Principles (June 27, 1997)
• Yes, the Net Is Speech (editorial) (June 27, 1997)
• For Libraries, Web Access Is Tangled Issue (June 26, 1997)
• Justices Weigh Issues of Internet Safeguards, Censorship (March 20, 1997)

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