EFF "Legal Cases - American Reporter v. Dept. of Justice (Shea v. Reno)" Archive

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19961206_cda_supct_acceptance.announce

News release - Supreme Court announces it will hear the appeal of ACLU v. Reno (the Philadelphia anti-CDA constitutional challenge). While this does not indicate any predisposition of the Court to rule one way or the other, it is a good sign. Many cases challenging indecency regulation in broadcasting have met with the Supreme Court declining to hear the cases.

960729.decision

Three-judge panel's ruling agreeing with the American Reporter's arguments in general (they didn't hold the CDA was void for vagueness) and granting a preliminary injunction against the CDA.

020896.article

Article published by the American Reporter in early February that contained possibly "patently offensive" speech.

960608_taylor_amicus.brief

Bruce Taylor/American Family Assoc./Enough is Enough's amicus curiae brief. Taylor inanely tries to convince the court that hacking "finger" (an old Unix net tool supported by few sites any longer) to transmit age information on each user will allow everyone to comply with the CDA. Taylor admits to only having known that finger existed for a few weeks, elsewhere, yet writes as if an expert on the subject. What Taylor apparently does not know is that finger is disabled, for good reason, on most systems, and more importantly that following his idea would allow the pedophiles Taylor is so up in arms about to have the pefect means to figure out who among the online service users are children, and "stalk" them on the net - precisely the opposite result that AFA and EiE could possibly want. If this is the best Taylor can do, those concerned about the CDA's net censorship shouldn't have much to worry about this time around.

amrep_020896.complaint

Complaint (charges) filed against Dept. of Justice, challenging the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act.

amrep_021696_tro.statement

_American_Reporter_ comment on the issuance of the TRO in the ACLU/EFF/et al. v. DoJ case. Somewhat caustic, as AR does not appear to be protected by the TRO. AR has filed a separate lawsuit challenging the CDA.

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