As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion.

Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.

While the Internet is censored in China, the censorship is allowing a level of speech to take place that's unprecedented.

I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free speech doesn't apply at work. You can't just walk into your boss' office and say 'you're a fuckface and I'm gonna go back to work now.' No, you're not.

Any use of the Internet would be hampered, ... We would be paying a fee to be using things that are available for free everywhere else.

The Justice Department is disappointed by the court's declaration that the Children's Internet Protection Act violates the First Amendment, and the department is currently reviewing the ruling in connection with an appeal of that ruling.