In 1997, the Supreme Court ruled in Reno v. ACLU that the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA) is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. The landmark ruling affirmed the dangers of ...

Today, the internet is vastly different—and far more central to everyday life—than it was on June 26, 1997, but the court’s reasoning in Reno v. ACLU is more important than ever.

A Texas law requiring age verification for adult websites doesn’t violate the First Amendment, the court says.

Happily, there are perfectly constitutional ways to at least limit access. Reno v. ACLU, the 1997 Supreme Court decision that deregulated Internet smut, was decided on narrow, ...

Can you talk about the 1997 case Reno v. ACLU, where you challenged speech restrictions in the Communications Decency Act? It was decided by the Supreme Court—a decisive victory.

Despite past cases that upheld government regulation of obscene material on radio and television, the Supreme Court held in Reno v. ACLU that regulation of speech on the internet deserved strict ...

The Reno City Council approved a $250,000 settlement Wednesday with a former ACLU official who was shot by police with rubber bullets while serving as a legal observer at a 2020 civil rights ...

Reno's city council approved a settlement worth $250,000 for an ex-ACLU official who was shot by rubber bullets during a protest for the death of George Floyd in 2020.

Reno v. ACLU keeps the government from regulating speech on the internet. But did the courts envision the internet as it is today?

Reno v. ACLU was decided on June 26, 1997, and it struck down major sections of the CDA. The Court found that the law was imprecise; regulating speech generally requires highly-specific controls, ...

In 1997, the Supreme Court ruled in Reno v. ACLU that the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA) is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. The landmark ruling affirmed the dangers of ...

The Reno City Council has approved a settlement with an ex-ACLU official who was shot by police with rubber bullets at a 2020 civil rights protest in the wake of George Floyd's killing.