Blocking Legislation Law & Legal Definition
Blocking legislation may refer to the political struggles of legislators in voting for proposed laws. Bills may get killed quietly in committees from lack of hearing or voting on the issue. It is also used to refer to the specific type of legislation dealing with blocking the access of minors and others, such as library patrons, to access material on the Internet.
The Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1995 was passed as an amendment to the Communications Act. The Act created several new criminal offenses, focused mainly on the creation and distribution to minors of material that is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent. "Obscene" material is not constitutionally protected, but material described in the slightly more vague terms "lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent" may be, and could easily provide precedent for making private messages between consenting adults to become illegal. The Supreme Court declared the CDA unconstitutional in their decision in ACLU v. Reno.
Legal Definitions
Search Definitions
Get a Term Defined
- Request a legal definition! Submit a term you need defined.
- » Request Legal Definition
Submit a Definition
- Submit a Definition Help us build our database. Free listings for attorneys.
- » Submit a Definition
Help Build USLegal
- Join our Team and help build USLegal. Many opportunities for participation so Join our Network.
Build USLegal
Read a Law Digest
- Need to read the law or find an answer to a legal question? Visit our Law Digest for the largest selection of law digests and answers available.
Go to Law Digest
Form Packages
- Select from our most popular legal form packages.
- » Bankruptcy
- » Contract for Deed
- » Divorce
- » Employment Packages
- » Home Sales
- » Incorporation
- » LLC Formation
- » Landlord Tenant
- » Mutual Wills
- » Name Change
- » Personal Planning
- » Partnerships
- » View All Packages
Legal Life
- Organize your legal life today! View our free online guide to creating a Life Documents File and related products.
- » Life Documents File
- » Personal Planning Package
- » Life Documents Packages
- » New Parents
- » Newlyweds
- » Baby Boomers
- » Military
- » Other
Form Drafting
- Can′t find the form you need, or need a form we offer revised for your situation? Submit your request and our attorneys will review the request and let you know if the form can be provided.
Submit a drafting request...
