<Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Breyer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Stevens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Souter, joined by Ginsburg </Td> </Tr> <P> United States v. American Library Association, 539 U.S. 194 (2003), was a decision in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the United States Congress has the authority to require public schools and libraries receiving E-Rate discounts to install web filtering software as a condition of receiving federal funding . In a plurality opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that: 1 .) public libraries' use of Internet filtering software does not violate their patrons' First Amendment free speech rights; 2 .) The Children's Internet Protection Act is not unconstitutional . </P>

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