The Supreme Court today agreed to review a challenge to the constitutionality of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) (United States v. American Library Association, 02-361), which stipulates that libraries receiving federal funds install filtering software on public access PCs. This law is vigorously opposed by the American Library Association (ALA) and the ACLU.
For background on this topic, see The Freedom Forum postings here and here. In addition, on May 31, 2002 Slashdot ran an informative piece on the controversy following the prior decision from the E.D Pennsylvania.