Controversial 1998 Child Online Protection Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June June: see month. 29 in a five-to-four decision that the controversial 1998 Child Online Protection Act--signed by Bill Clinton and now backed by the George W. Bush--is probably an unconstitutional unconstitutional adj. referring to a statute, governmental conduct, court decision or private contract (such as a covenant which purports to limit transfer of real property only to Caucasians) which violate one or more provisions of the U. S. Constitution. violation of free speech, upholding a lower court decision to block the law from taking effect. The ruling in Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. doesn't end there, however, as the Court sent the case back to a lower court for a trial that could give the Bush administration another chance to promote censorship censorship, official prohibition or restriction of any type of expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order. It may be imposed by governmental authority, local or national, by a religious body, or occasionally by a powerful private group. .
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