BruceandNan,

Try not to be too hard on the Judiciary. In this democracy, their primary role is to interpret the law, not to make it.

The soapbox we have here has been protected from the Communications Decency Act as implemented by President Clinton’s then Attorney General, Janet Reno. It was the ACLU that argued the case (Reno v. ACLU, 1997) which led the Supreme Court to rule that the CDA's "indecent transmission" and "patently offensive display" provisions abridge "the freedom of speech" protected by the First Amendment.

It was also the ACLU which argued the case against COPA (Ashcroft v. ACLU, 2004), also leading to a Supreme Court ruling against the legislation.

I think that the legislature and the executive branches bear the burden of the restriction on our freedoms, and THAT we can do something about.

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Eudaimonia