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ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S. 2056, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (03/23/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Urging Opposition to H.R. 3261, the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (03/02/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Expressing Concerns about H.R. 3717, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (03/02/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Expressing Academic Freedom Concerns re: H.R. 3077, the International Studies in Higher Education Act of 2003 (02/13/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Expressing Concerns About H.R. 3717, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (02/10/2004)

Coalition Letter to the Federal Election Commission Secretary Expressing Concerns about Draft Advisory Opinion 2003-37, as It Applies to Federal Political Committees, Nonfederal Political Organizations and Other Nonprofit Corporations (02/04/2004)

ACLU Letter to the IRS Expressing Concerns about Revenue Ruling 2004-6 with Regard to Political Speech and the Definition of What Is or Is Not an "Exempt Function" (01/26/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Support for H.R. 1155, the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (12/15/2003)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Support of S. 557, the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (12/09/2003)

ACLU Letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Urging Opposition to the "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act" (09/15/2003)

ACLU Comments to the Food and Drug Administration on First Amendment Issues (07/26/2002)

Interested Persons Memo: Analysis of Changes to Attorney General Guidelines (06/06/2002)
On May 30, 2002, Attorney General Ashcroft released new Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigations. Sweeping away protections that have been in place since the 1970s, the new Guidelines allow the government to spy on domestic groups even when there is no suspicion of wrongdoing.

Interested Persons Memo: Brief Analysis of Proposed Changes to Attorney General Guidelines (05/30/2002)

Letter to Reps. Coble and Berman on Internet Database Accuracy and H.R. 4640 (05/21/2002)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Tim Edgar on S. 1749, The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration (04/12/2002)

Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to Sen. Robert Smith's Exit Poll Amendment, S.A. 2933 (02/27/2002)

Letter to Rep. Coble and Rep. Berman Urging Opposition to the Federal Trademark Dilution Act (02/21/2002)

Letter to the Senate on First Amendment Issues in Sen. Helms' "Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act" Amendment to ESEA (05/21/2001)

Letter to the House on the First Amendment Issues in Rep. Hilleary's "Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act" Amendment to ESEA (05/21/2001)

Letter to Commerce Secretary Mineta Concerning New Top Level Domain Names (01/16/2001)