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Public Libraries Emerge as New Arena for First Amendment Battles Over Indecency and the Internet

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1998

Publication Title

LDRC LIBELLETTER (Libel Defense Resource Center)

Abstract

Missouri’s government is considering a sweeping new regulation of public libraries. The proposed rule would defund any library that failed to adopt various policies asserted to protect children from “inappropriate” material. Whatever one thinks about the proposed rule’s policy aims, it has a fatal legal problem: It would violate the First Amendment.

Keywords

Public Libraries, First Amendment, Indecency, Internet

Publication Citation

Gregory P. Magarian, Public Libraries Emerge as New Arena for First Amendment Battles Over Indecency and the Internet, LDRC Libelletter (Libel Defense Resource Center), Mar. 1998, at 33.

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