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Free Speech : Right to Protest : Legislative Documents

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Members to Vote "No" On the Semper Fi Act (02/26/2008)

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Opposition to the Animal Enterprise Act, S. 1926 and H.R. 4239 (03/06/2006)

Interested Persons Memo: Section-by-Section Analysis of Justice Department draft "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003," also known as "PATRIOT Act II" (02/14/2003)

How the USA PATRIOT Act redefines "Domestic Terrorism" (12/06/2002)

Attorney General John Ashcroft's Assault on Civil Liberties (Updated September 2003) (10/30/2002)

Coalition Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft Regarding the Relaxation of Guidelines In the Use of Domestic Spying (03/05/2002)

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

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen on National Security and the Constitution (01/24/2002)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection on the Final Version of the USA PATRIOT Act (10/23/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Rejection on the Final Version of the USA PATRIOT Act (10/23/2001)

How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Allows for Detention of People Engaging in Innocent Associational Activity (10/23/2001)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights On Changes in Immigration Detention Practices and the Impact of Proposed Legislation on the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of Citizens and Immigrants (10/12/2001)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection of U.S.A. Act (10/09/2001)

Testimony by Legislative Counsel Rachel King Before the House Judiciary Committee on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (09/24/2001)

In Defense of Freedom at a Time of Crisis (09/20/2001)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Gregory T. Nojeim on the Civil Liberties Implications of Counterterrorism Measures Before the National Commission on Terrorism (03/17/2000)

Letter to Reps. Young and Miller on the Subpoena of the Phone Records of the Project on Government Oversight (03/07/2000)

Letter to the Senate Regarding the Hatch Drug Amendment to S. 625, the "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999" (01/31/2000)

Memo in Opposition of H.R. 2184, the Terrorism Bill (06/16/1999)

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