United States v. American Library Association

United States v. American Library Association

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants = United States v. American Library Association
ArgueDate = March 5
ArgueYear = 2003
DecideDate = June 23
DecideYear = 2003
FullName = United States, et al., Appellants v. American Library Association, Inc., et al.
OralArgument = http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2002/2002_02_361/argument/
USVol = 539
USPage = 194
Citation =
Prior =
Subsequent =
Holding = Congress has the authority to require libraries to censor internet content in order to receive federal funding.
SCOTUS = 1994-2005
Majority = Rehnquist
JoinMajority = O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas
Concurrence = Kennedy
Concurrence2 = Breyer
Dissent = Stevens
Dissent2 = Souter
JoinDissent2 = Ginsburg
LawsApplied =

"United States v. American Library Association", 539 U.S. 194 (2003), was a decision in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the United States Congress has the authority to require public schools and libraries receiving e-rate discounts to install web filtering software as a condition of receiving federal funding. The justices said that any First Amendment concerns were addressed by the provisions in the Children's Internet Protection Act that permit adults to ask librarians to disable the filters or unblock individual sites.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 539
*"South Dakota v. Dole", ussc|483|203|1987

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Gathegi |first=John N. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |month= |title=The Public Library as a Public Forum: The (De)Evolution of a Legal Doctrine |journal=The Library Quarterly |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.1086/428690 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Jaeger |first=Paul T. |authorlink= |coauthors=Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. |year=2004 |month= |title=The effects of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in public libraries and its implications for research: A statistical, policy, and legal analysis |journal=Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology |volume=55 |issue=13 |pages=1131–1139 |doi=10.1002/asi.20072 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Siefkes |first=Darin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |month= |title=Explaining "United States v. American Library Association": Strictly Speaking, a Flawed Decision |journal=Baylor Law Review |volume=57 |issue= |pages=327–356 |issn=00057274 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External link

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./539/194/ United States v. American Library Ass'n, 539 U.S. 194 (2003)] (full text)


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