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> # A public library does not acquire Internet terminals in order to create a public forum for Web publishers to express themselves, any more than it collects books in order to provide a public forum for the authors of books to speak.

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## More from William Rehnquist

1. > The framers of our Constitution came up with two major contributions to the art of government. The first was the idea of an executive not dependent on the poli…

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2. > \[T\]he Constitution does not guarantee the right to acquire information at a public library without any risk of embarrassment.

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3. > Our judges will not continue to represent the diverse face of America if only the well-to-do or the mediocre are willing to become judges.

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