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Free Speech : Legislative Documents

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

Remove the Unconstitutional Limits on Using Names and Images of Soldiers from the Conference Report (11/09/2007)

ACLU Letter Urging Senate to Vote on HR 2102 Reporters Shield Bill, Not Its Companion S 2035 (10/31/2007)

ACLU in Support of Reporter Shield Law H.R. 2102 (10/15/2007)
On behalf of the ACLU, a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists and members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we are writing to urge you to support H.R. 2102, the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, without amendment.

ACLU Letter in Support of Kennedy-Smith Hate Crimes Amendment to the Defense Bill (09/27/2007)

ACLU Letter To Senator Leahy and Senator Specter Regarding Reporters' Shield Legislation (09/26/2007)

ACLU Material Support Statement for the Record for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law (09/20/2007)

ACLU Letter Urging Honorable Daniel K. Inouye and Honorable Ted Stevens to Vote "No" on S. 1780 to Restore the FCC’S Indecency Enforcement Regarding “Fleeting Expletives" (07/18/2007)
Dear Chairman Inouye and Ranking Member Stevens: On behalf of the ACLU, a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists and members and 53 affiliates nation-wide, we urge you to vote “NO” on S. 1780 when it comes to your committee for a vote. This bill would reinstate the FCC’s ability to prohibit the use of profanity from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on broadcast television. Because such an amendment would have profound adverse implications for the First Amendment, we urge you to oppose this bill.

ACLU Letter Urging Honorable Robert C. Byrd and Honorable Chad Cochran to Vote "No" on Senator Brownback's Amendment to Restore the FCC's Indecency Enforcement (07/11/2007)

ACLU Letter Urging Honorable Robert C. Byrd and Honorable Thad Cochran to Reject Senator Brownback's Amendment Forcing the Federal Communications Commission to Regulate Violence on Television (07/11/2007)

ACLU Letter to Senators Inouye and Stevens Regarding Senate Hearing on The Impact of Media Violence on Children (06/26/2007)

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