October 27, 2000
Professor Challenging Virginia Privacy Law Says It Infringes Academic Freedom
Melvin I. Urofsky, a constitutional historian at Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Va., is the lead plaintiff in a suit challenging a Virginia law that bars state employees from viewing sexually explicit material online using state-owned computers without prior approval from a supervisor. The plaintiffs say the law violates their academic freedom and the First Amendment.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, also in Richmond, upheld the Virginia law in June.
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