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Shapiro, Andrew L. | July 21, 1997 issue

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This article focuses on certain court cases. The Court was deferential to the former and hostile to the latter, upholding state limits on the right to die while striking the part of the Brady Bill requiring federally mandated background checks on handgun purchasers. There were also rulings on executive power, punitive power, and judicial versus legislative power. There is much to celebrate in Reno versus American Civil Liberties Union, but a sober look reveals enduring threats to free speech in cyberspace-some from unexpected quarters. Though the Court has rightly been hailed for granting the Net the same First Amendment protection as print, not the lower standard applied to broadcasting, there is a major point of vulnerability here.

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JUDICIAL power; PISTOLS; FIREARMS; AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union; SPEECH; CONSTITUTIONAL amendments; LEGISLATIVE power
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