Question:Who can access the Supreme Court Library?

Who can access the Supreme Court Library?

Supreme Court Rule 2.1 states, "The Court’s Library is available for use by appropriate personnel of this Court, members of the Bar of this Court, Members of Congress and their legal staffs, and attorneys for the United States and for ...

Who can access the library of the US Supreme Court??

The Supreme Court justices, their law clerks, other legal staff, and members of the Supreme Court Bar.

Why The Supreme Court Upheld Library Limits

Lost amid the news coverage and talk-radio buzz concerning last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action was another important case, decided the same day. You may have seen a headline along these lines: “Supreme Court Uphol...

Can you give an opinion on this court case?

Q: Who's side would you have taken and why?What are your thoughts on this matter?Anything else you would like to add?UNITED STATES V.
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONBasic Info Plaintiff and Appellee: American Library AssociationDefendant and Appellant: United StatesIssue: Constitutionality of the Children’s Internet Protection Act Argued: March 5, 2003; Decided: June 23, 2003Verdict: 6-3 in favor of United StatesRecent related legislation: Deleting Online Predators ActAmerican Library Association – The ALA is a library association that promotes and aids libraries and education. The organization lobbies Congress on library-related issues and aims to protect intellectual freedom and oppose censorship.Children’s Internet Protection Act – CIPA is a federal law aimed at shielding children from obscene Internet content in schools and libraries. It requires institutions receiving certain kinds of government funds (E-Rate discounts) to apply a filter to computers used by minors. The CaseWhen president Bill Clinton signed CIPA into law on Dec. 21, 2000, the ALA met and voted to challenge the new law. On Jan. 17, 2001, the organization said the law forced libraries to block Internet access to constitutionally protected information. Their argument was that filtering programs cannot distinguish between constitutionally protected and unprotected information. Because of this, requiring libraries to filter Internet access is unconstitutional censorship.The ALA worked with the American Civil Liberties Union to contest the law in Pennsylvania’s Eastern District Court of Appeals. When the court decided in favor of the ALA, US appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court decided 6-3 in favor of the US, saying CIPA is a constitutional stipulation for accepting government funding so long as the filter can be disengaged upon the request of an adult. SourcesThe Oyez Project, United States v. American Library Association , 539 U.S. 194 (2003) available at: (HYPERLINK "http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2002/2002_02_361"http://oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2002/2002_02_361)(last visited Wednesday, April 8, 2009)HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._American_Library_Association"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._American_Library_Associationhttp://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/missionhistory/mission/index.cfm

A: im stayin neutral on this one