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As my civics teacher once pointed out, what if you DID ignore the Supreme Court? They don't have an army. There isn't s Supreme Court Police.
Ofcourse the purpose of the question was for her students to grasp that the Executive Branch is in charge of enforcing Supreme Court Rulings. But what if THAT branch decides not to enforce it? Andrew Jackson famously ignored one of the court's rulings and more recently Bill Clinton ignored their ruling about union members having to pay the political part of their dues. If the executive branch ignores it and congress is not apt to act, then a Supreme Court ruling can mean nada.
The "stick" for the executive branch - or any branch of government - has been cash. If libraries are going to spend more $ implementing and rather give up the cash, then the libararies can be free to ignore it since after witholding $, there isn't a whole lot more that the feds can do to a library.
Ofcourse, this ruling is a way for the library to get an INCREASE in funding - maybe down the road - so it would probably make sense in the long run to obay it now and get more funds later. Or do a mailing to local patrons to get money. It is more likely Soccer Mom will send in a few bucks for a filter than the guy wanting to look at porn at a public establishment.
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