Supreme Court Upholds Provision Opposed by Free Speech Groups

On Monday, May 19, in a 7 - 2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a provision of a child pornography law that free speech groups contended punished speech about books that are protected by the First Amendment. Under the PROTECT Act of 2003, a producer, distributor, or retailer can be sentenced to up to 20 years in jail for advertising a w...

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