United States Supreme Court
Packingham v. North Carolina, 15-1194
Conviction under a North Carolina law that makes it a felony for a registered sex offender 'to access a commercial social networking Web site where the sex offender knows that the site permits minor children to become members or to create or maintain personal Web pages,' N. C. Gen. Stat. Ann. sections14-202.5(a) and (e), is reversed where the North Carolina statute impermissibly restricts lawful speech in violation of the First Amendment.
Appellate Information
- Published 2017/06/19
Judges
- KENNEDY
Court
- United States Supreme Court