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Free Speech : Legislative Documents

Coalition Letter to the House Urging Opposition to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Armey Amendment to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

Letter to the House in Opposition to the Shays-Meehan bill, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001 (02/12/2002)

ACLU Campaign Finance Reform Fact Sheet (02/12/2002)

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

Letter to Conferees on Support Language to Repeal the Global Gag Rule (10/29/2001)

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)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to Constitutional Amendment on Flag Desecration (06/19/2001)

Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (06/19/2001)

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