Today's Supreme Court ruling upholding Congress's "decency" requirement in
NEA arts funding will come as a relief to the arts organization. "This
allows the NEA to move beyond a controversy over a
handful of artists which threatened to destroy the institution," says TIME
correspondent Daniel Levy. "Most NEA money is spent funding uncontroversial
local art projects, and people trying to eliminate the NEA will find it
more difficult to whip up emotions over that."