S. 97, the Children's Internet Protection Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, March 4, 1999

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - 99 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 69 - have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public, and time out of mind, have been used for purposes of assembly, communicating thoughts between citizens, and discussing public questions.
Σελίδα 73 - section, 223(d), prohibits the "knowing" sending or displaying, to a person under 18, of any message, "that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs.
Σελίδα 51 - (b) Constitutional interpretation has consistently recognized that the parents' claim to authority in the rearing of their children is basic in our society, and the legislature could properly conclude that those primarily responsible for children's well-being are entitled to the support of laws designed to aid discharge of that responsibility
Σελίδα 74 - In these quintessential public forums, the government may not prohibit all communicative activity. For the state to enforce a content-based exclusion it must show that its regulation is necessary to serve a compelling state interest and that it is narrowly drawn to achieve that end.
Σελίδα 66 - It is evident beyond the need for elaboration that a State's interest in safeguarding the physical and psychological well-being of a minor is compelling . . . the legislative judgment, as well as the judgment found in relevant literature, is that the use of children as subjects of pornographic materials is harmful to the physiological, emotional, and mental health of the child. The
Σελίδα 50 - But despite the vigor of the ongoing controversy whether obscene material will perceptibly create a danger of antisocial conduct, or will probably induce its recipients to such conduct, a medical practitioner recently suggested that the possibility of harmful effects to youth cannot be dismissed as frivolous. Dr.
Σελίδα 69 - [t]he State, no less than a private owner of property, has power to preserve the property under its control for the use to which it is lawfully dedicated.
Σελίδα 67 - written message might have been incomprehensible to a first grader, Pacifica's broadcast could have enlarged a child's vocabulary in an instant. Other forms of offensive expression may be withheld from the young without restricting the expression at its source. Bookstores and motion picture theaters, for example, may be prohibited from making indecent material available to children. We held
Σελίδα 72 - Shelton v. Tucker, 364 US 479, 487 (1960) ("The vigilant protection of constitutional freedoms is nowhere more vital than in the community of American schools.").
Σελίδα 51 - With respect to the present case, the message of these precedents is clear. Petitioners rightly possess significant discretion to determine the content of their school libraries. But that discretion may not be exercised in a narrowly partisan or political manner.

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