High Court Upholds Law to Shield Children From Online Pornography
A divided Supreme Court said that the law's use of what it calls "community standards" to define what is harmful to children does not by itself make the law unconstitutional, as a lower federal appeals court ruled.

But the court went on to say that there are other potential constitutional problems with the law that were not addressed by the lower court.

Without taking a position on those other potential problems, the high court threw out the lower court's ruling and sent the case back for further review.

The high court action means the 1998 law is still on hold, and the government is barred from enforcing it.

The ruling is a partial victory for the Bush administration, but neither side got what it really wanted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/national/13WIRE-COURT.html