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Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, No. 00-795 (U.S. Supreme Court) (535 U.S. 234; 122 S.Ct. 1389) (April 16, 2002) (Justice Kennedy)

Loaded on March 1, 2002 published in Punch and Jurists March 25, 2002
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Here, by a vote of 6 to 3, the Court struck down two provisions of the Child Protection Pornography Act of 1996 which make it a crime to possess "virtual" child pornography because the provisions were overly broad and violated the First Amendment.

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