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Rhondda Powling

The First Amendment First Aid Kit - 1 views

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    As a conclusion to Banned Books Week 2010, Random House USA has been posting author's thoughts on censorship, along with much other useful material on their First Amendment First Aid Kit pages. 'In their own words' features Judy Blume, the late Robert Cormier, Zilpha Keatley Snyder and Lois Lowry commenting on censorship and their novels:
Fran Bullington

ALA | Minors' Rights to Receive Information under the First Amendment - 0 views

  • Of course, in United States v. American Library Ass'n, 123 S. Ct. 2297 (2003), the recent case considering a challenge to the Children's Internet Protection Act, the Supreme Court plainly upheld the constitutionality of a filtering software system applicable to minors. Importantly, however, the Court recognized that the filtering must be disabled at the request of an adult and that minors also had a right to request unblocking of material constitutionally protected as to them.
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    According to this, filtering of the Internet at schools must be disabled at the request of an adult.
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