The Oyez Project: First Amendment Issues - Obscenity, Federal Decisions

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 May 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Child Online Protection Act's use of "community standards" to identify "material that is harmful to minors" violate the First Amendment?

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Is the Child Online Protection Act's requirement that online publishers prevent children from accessing "material that is harmful to minors" likely to violate the First Amendment by restricting too much protected speech and using a method that is not the least restrictive one available?

Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 abridge freedom of speech where it where it proscribes a significant universe of speech that is neither obscene under Miller v. California nor child pornography under New York v. Ferber?

Marks v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Mar 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Pinkus v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 23 May 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Reno v. ACLU - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 26 Jun 1997 12:00:00 -0500

Did certain provisions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act violate the First and Fifth Amendments by being overly broad and vague in their definitions of the types of internet communications which they criminalized?

Smith v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. American Library Association - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does Congress have the authority to require libraries to censor internet content in order to receive federal funding?

United States v. X-Citement Video - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Nov 1994 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Act's use of the term "knowingly" violate the First Amendment's Free Speech clause by not mandating a showing that the alleged offender knew which materials contained under-age performances?