UNITED STATES V. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSN., INC. (02-361) 539 U.S. 194 (2003)The public library collection itself is a nonpublic forum where patron speech is most limited, and the library possesses the broadest ability to regulate that space (by deciding what goes into the collection). Specifically, in this case The Supreme Court upheld the part of the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 that requires libraries to install filters on Internet computers in order to qualify for federal funding and discounts for computers and computer access.
