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ACLU v. Ashcroft (also called ''Ashcroft v. ACLU'' or ''Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union'') was a 2002 United States legal court case involving the American Civil Liberties Union and the United States government under the George W. Bush Administration . The Bush administration was represented by then- Attorney General John Ashcroft . The Supreme Court Of The United States decided the case, which began in 1999, and found provisions of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) to be in violation of the Free Speech clause in the First Amendment . COPA was Congress' second attempt to criminalize the distribution of certain information over the Internet by prohibiting Child Pornography , including Simulated pornography and artwork. EXTERNAL LINKS
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