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Feds should end naked attacks on First Amendment
This week, an appeals court in Philadelphia rejected two attempts by the federal government to shield the public from indecency online and in TV broadcasts. The rulings - both of which upheld decisions made by lower courts - add to a mounting pile of judicial rebukes of lawmakers and regulators who consider the First Amendment little more than a suggestion. You'd think that policymakers would have learned by now that the government runs afoul of the Constitution whenever it substitutes its judgment about offensive content for a parent's choices. Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.
Updated: 7/24/2008 6:22:01 PM Read
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