Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union

Summary

The Court held that the Child Online Protection Act's use of contemporary community standards to define material harmful to minors does not, by itself, make the statute substantially overbroad facially under the First Amendment, and therefore vacated the Third Circuit's judgment and remanded for further proceedings. The opinion was accompanied by dissenting and multiple concurring opinions contesting the majority's view of overbreadth and the appropriate standard.