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To: Dog Gone
These laws restrict access to protected speech, and that's probably a violation of the First Amendment.

Bullshit! Access to "protected speech" is not guaranteed by the First Amendment. The speech has not been censored, just access to it on the public dime. A forum is not guaranteed by the First Amendment. There is no Constitutional protection that affords the right to use public punds to view whatever one wants. No one's rights have been violated. The court took the position that because poor people may not be able to afford internet access, then restricting access at a library "infringes on their right to use the internet". Total horescrap!

10 posted on 05/31/2002 7:18:53 AM PDT by FreeTally
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To: FreeTally
Access to "protected speech" is not guaranteed by the First Amendment.

That's a pretty silly argument. Freedom of speech doesn't mean squat if people are prohibitted by the government from hearing it.

What would you think about a Federal law that said that public libraries that receive federal funds must block the Free Republic site, and nothing else?

Constitutional?

14 posted on 05/31/2002 7:30:47 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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