Question

Why did the supreme court justices rule the communications decency act unconstitutional? a. the act attempted to impose prior restraint on newspapers. b. the act granted too much authority to the executive branch and therefore violated the separation of powers. c. the act attempted to protect children by suppressing speech that adults have a constitutional right to receive. d. the act imposed penalties that were too severe for certain forms of hate speech. e. the act violated the first amendment's right to freedom of assembly?

Answer 1

The best answer is, C. the act attempted to protect children by suppressing speech that adults have the constitutional right to receive.

The United States Supreme Court ruled against the Communications Decency Act because it too broadly and vaguely identified the types of materials that would be censored on the internet, because of this general label the act was considered a violation of the First Amendment covering the free speech rights of adults.