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ENTERTAINMENT AND ART CENSORSHIP CHURCH/STATE SEPARATION ABUSES	INTERNET TECHNOLOGY CENSORSHIP MISCELLANEOUS CENSORSHIP	SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY CENSORSHIP OTHER POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
ENTERTAINMENT AND ART CENSORSHIP CENSORSHIP OF THE ARTS Nude photo shoot goes off without a hitch Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 Nude NYC photo shoot gets nod from federal appeals panel Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 CENSORSHIP OF ADULT BUSINESSES Federal appeals panel reinstates challenge to Long Beach, Calif., zoning law Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 Federal appeals panel strikes down California city's adult-zoning law Freedom Forum - 6-22-2000 Supreme Court agrees to hear City News and Novelty case Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 Federal judge: Township didn't violate cabaret owners' free-expression rights Freedom Forum - 5-24-2000 Wisconsin appeals court sides with town in dispute over nude dancing Freedom Forum - 5-24-2000 Strip clubs ask Tennessee high court to overturn nude-dancing rules Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 CENSORSHIP OF ADULT MAGAZINES & VIDEOS Adult video store owners ready case for shop's re-opening Freedom Forum - 5-30-2000 CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS & LITERARY MATERIAL Chocolate War author battles effort to ban book Freedom Forum - 6-14-2000 Censorship foes hope schools learn from dispute over wizard books Freedom Forum - 5-15-2000 100 most frequently challenged books of decade announced American Library Association - 6-1-2000 COMIC BOOK & CARTOON CENSORSHIP Trouble In Texas: Case Update Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 6-12-2000 ENTERTAINMENT T-SHIRT CENSORSHIP R.I. education official sides with student in dispute over 'satanic' T-shirt Freedom Forum - 7-6-2000 T-shirt ruling reversed-State sides with teen suspended over 'satanic' T-shirt Providence Journal - 7-6-2000 MISCELLANEOUS CENSORSHIP Pinning a label on violence in media Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 The folly of reading the mind of the reader Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 MUSIC CENSORSHIP & RESTRICTIONS ACLU Says Louisiana Sheriff Can't Censor 'The Hokey Pokey' at Skating Rink; Britney Spears CD Seized as ‘Evidence of a Crime' ACLU - 7-7-2000 ACLU Files First Amendment Lawsuit Over Street Performers ACLU - 6-29-2000 Singer-songwriter Janis Ian faces controversy because her songs deal with society's issues Freedom Forum - 6-20-2000 NEA & ARTS FUNDING ISSUES Jane Alexander still fighting for controversy in the arts Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 RADIO CENSORSHIP & RESTRICTIONS Federal appeals panel closes down unlicensed Prayze FM Freedom Forum - 6-14-2000 TELEVISION CENSORSHIP & ATTACKS ON SHOWS House moves to protect religious broadcasters Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 PTC Convinces MCI Worldcom to Pull Ads From Smackdown IGN Wrestling - 6-15-2000 Cable-access show back on air while federal judge decides case Freedom Forum - 6-8-2000 Alliance for Community Media Cheers Victory for First Amendment in Palestine, Texas Alliance For Community Media - 6-7-2000 Straight Shooting: Why is Pro Wrestling Being Singled Out? IGN Wrestling - 6-5-2000 Supreme Court brings 'clarity' to laws governing cable TV Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 Playboy signal-bleed case never should have been a case Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 United States et al. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. Legal Information Institute - 5-22-2000 Supreme Court sides with Playboy Television on cable-sex rules Freedom Forum - 5-22-2000 Host of raunchy cable-access show returns to Seattle airwaves Freedom Forum - 5-22-2000 United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc First Amendment Center - 5-22-2000 Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Applauds Court Ruling Playboy - 5-22-2000 VIDEO GAME RATINGS & CENSORSHIP Discount retailers resist efforts to limit sales of violent video games Freedom Forum - 5-25-2000 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	INTERNET TECHNOLOGY CENSORSHIP CHILDREN'S ONLINE PROTECTION ACT (CDA II) COPA fails to get past federal appeals panel Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 ACLU v. Reno II Victory! Appeals Court Rejects Congress' Second Attempt at Cyber-Censorship ACLU - 6-22-2000 COPA Court Ruling EPIC - 6-22-2000 Statement of David L. Sobel Before the Commission on Online Child Protection EPIC - 6-9-2000 MISCELLANEOUS INTERNET CENSORSHIP AT&T Labs unveils software to provide uncensored speech on Web Freedom Forum - 7-3-2000 Judge asks court to reveal identity of anonymous online critic Freedom Forum - 6-30-2000 High UN Official Calls for Global Attack on Internet Drug Information Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-30-2000 To link or not to link Freedom Forum - 6-22-2000 If it's online, we overreact Freedom Forum - 7-7-2000 Hysteria over freewheeling Net blinds people to the beauty of truly free expression Freedom Forum - 5-26-2000 Federal judge agrees to block Internet accusation against novelist Freedom Forum - 5-17-2000 OTHER INTERNET CENSORSHIP LAWS Federal appeals court: Virginia law limiting workers' Net use is constitutional Freedom Forum - 6-26-2000 RATINGS AND FILTERING ISSUES Fired Up Playboy - 6-26-2000 Censorware.Ørg Hall of Fa ... err, Shame Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 RATINGS AND FILTERING LAWS AND POLICIES Joint Statement Opposing Legislative Requirements for School and Library Internet Blocking Technologies Online Policy Group - 1-23-2001 Nashua Library Urged to Abandon Unconstitutional Internet Policy People For The American Way - 6-29-2000 Senate Passes Internet Filter Amendment - Twice Center For Democracy And Technology - 6-28-2000 Senate passes competing Internet filtering proposals Freedom Forum - 6-28-2000 Congress Tries to Force the Use of Clumsy Filtering Software ACLU - 6-26-2000 Proposed Changes to Classification/Censorship Act Electronic Frontiers Australia - 5-6-2000 Down To The Filter Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 SCHOOL & STUDENT INTERNET CENSORSHIP Attorney for Utah teen says state's criminal-libel law unconstitutional Freedom Forum - 7-7-2000 Student suspended for Web site sues school Student Press Law Center - 6-27-2000 Parents fight school district's suspension of son for 'impolite' Web site Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 ACLU of Arkansas Sues School District on Behalf of Student Expelled for Creating Off-Campus Web Site ACLU - 6-22-2000 Student charged with criminal libel for Web site comments spends 7 days in jail Student Press Law Center - 6-5-2000 Universities block access to popular music site Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Students fight Internet censorship, restrictions Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Teacher sues eighth grader expelled for home page Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Board reverses decision to fine, punish student Web hosts for chat room threat Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Arizona considers bill to block sex sites on college campuses Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 WEB SITE SHUTDOWNS & BLOCKS Colombian rebel Web page spurs censorship debate on California campus Freedom Forum - 6-16-2000 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY CENSORSHIP CURRICULUM & FACULTY CENSORSHIP Former adviser sues university for terminating contract Student Press Law Center - 6-30-2000 Former campus newspaper adviser to challenge firing Freedom Forum - 6-27-2000 Virginia teacher who sued over banishment of banned-books lists resigns Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 Federal appeals panel reinstates former university employee's retaliation claim Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 Teacher sues Florida district after contract is not renewed Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Professor wins lawsuit against administration Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 DRESS CODES & SCHOOL UNIFORMS Piercings banned at school School Blows - 7-4-2000 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CENSORSHIP Couple sues school district, alleging their religious expression was muzzled Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 Gay-issues group holds first meeting as school club Freedom Forum - 5-25-2000 Supreme Court upholds student fees Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 HIGH SCHOOL PRESS & MEDIA CENSORSHIP High school students go online to avoid censorship Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 Struggle for high school press freedom continues in post-Hazelwood era Freedom Forum - 6-26-2000 Principal has no regrets about censoring yearbook entry Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 Student, principal win courage awards for high school journalism Freedom Forum - 5-25-2000 The First Amendment On the Air - A legal guide to broadcast media for student journalists Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Administrator bans criticism in paper after editorial attack on cafeteria food Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 High school students face punishment for speech Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Commentary provokes principal to pull papers Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Supporter wants federal press protections Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Two states defeat anti-Hazelwoodbills Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Students say principal's decision to confiscate newspapers stinks Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Principals censor newspapers at two Calif. schools Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Editors win fight to keep free-press guidelines - Students have less success in actually publishing paper Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOL CENSORSHIP Parents file suit after boy suspended for playing cops and robbers Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 Student journalism groups announce program to honor First Amendment Schools Student Press Law Center - 6-5-2000 N.J. school sued after barring student from handing out religious gifts Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 "Zero Tolerance" Must End Now About.com - 5-15-2000 Student accepts $150,000 settlement after being punished over scandalous photo Freedom Forum - 5-2-2000 The First Amendment vs. School Safety Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Teaching freedom where it does not exist Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ISSUES Boy suspended for drawing Confederate flag appeals case to Supreme Court Freedom Forum - 6-22-2000 Virginia teen sues school board in flap over Confederate flag Freedom Forum - 6-12-2000 PRINTED MATERIALS & WRITING CENSORSHIP Federal judge prohibits district from transferring student accused of involvement in undergound newspaper Student Press Law Center - 6-9-2000 Texas school district to defend against religious-liberty lawsuit Freedom Forum - 5-30-2000 Lawsuits over religion waste school funds Freedom Forum - 5-28-2000 Texas district accused of punishing students for bringing Bibles to school Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 Boston schools drop suspension of chain-saw storyteller Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 Students hand out underground paper off campus after school administrators threaten suspension Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Editor says officials punished him for publication Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 SCHOOL LIBRARY & LITERARY CENSORSHIP Michigan School District Rescinds Most of Potter Ban FEN Newswire - 5-11-2000 UNIVERSITY PRESS & MEDIA CENSORSHIP Federal appeals court hears arguments in Kentucky yearbook case Freedom Forum - 5-31-2000 Appellate court hears arguments in Kincaid v. Gibson college censorship case Student Press Law Center - 5-30-2000 Student editor: College wants newspaper to publish only 'good news' Freedom Forum - 5-16-2000 Appellate court to hear Kincaidoral arguments Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Senate locks doors to newspaper office in battle over advertisement Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Students sue community college district for putting restrictions on campus speech Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Student body president, administrator halt Md. newspaper's presses on election day Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE
CHURCH/STATE SEPARATION ABUSES CREATIONISM/EVOLUTION ISSUES 75 Years After Historic Scopes Trial, Religious Liberty Battles Continue ACLU - 7-7-2000 Scopes Trial's 75th Anniversary and Today's Evolution Dispute People For The American Way - 6-27-2000 Scopes Trial's 75th Anniversary and Today's Evolution Dispute Spark Theatre and Debate People For The American Way - 6-27-2000 Supreme Court refuses to review evolution-disclaimer case Freedom Forum - 6-19-2000 MISCELLANEOUS CHURCH/STATE ISSUES Church-state battle seen in NY race Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-2000 Federal judge says state's marriage-counseling policy violates First Amendment Freedom Forum - 5-31-2000 Salt Lake officials stick with decision on Main Street sale Freedom Forum - 5-17-2000 RELIGION PROMOTED BY PUBLIC DISPLAYS Federal judge OKs N.J. town's holiday display Freedom Forum - 6-27-2000 RELIGION PROMOTED IN MOTTOS, SEALS AND DOCUMENTS Colorado Schools That Post Religious Motto Risk Lawsuit, Says Americans United Americans United - 7-6-2000 Colorado Board of Education urges display of 'In God we trust' motto Freedom Forum - 7-6-2000 House Vote On Ohio Motto Is 'Shameless Political Grandstanding' Americans United - 6-27-2000 Civil rights group says Georgia county seal advances religion Freedom Forum - 5-17-2000 RELIGION PROMOTED WITH PUBLIC FUNDING Iowa group may seek state funding for biblical theme park Freedom Forum - 7-5-2000 Supreme Court Upholds Publicly Funded Equipment For Private Religious Schools Americans United - 6-28-2000 High court OKs taxpayer funds for parochial schools Freedom Forum - 6-28-2000 Supreme Court Sows Confusion with Church/State Ruling People For The American Way - 6-28-2000 Virginia Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Regent University Bond Case Tomorrow ACLU - 6-5-2000 Virginia Supreme Court Hears Argument In Dispute Over State Aid For Pat Robertson's Regent University Americans United - 6-2-2000 Trouble At The Old Kentucky Home Americans United - 6-1-2000 Georgia attorney general: Giving state funds to religious groups is improper Freedom Forum - 5-25-2000 Americans United Criticizes Move To Give Public Funds To Churches For Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Americans United - 5-24-2000 Congress considers religion as way to curb drug-use and violence in public schools Freedom Forum - 5-3-2000 RELIGIOUS CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS Critics question constitutionality of public schools' Bible courses Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 SCHOOL/GOVERNMENT PRAYER ISSUES School eliminates prayer policy Dallas Morning News - 7-7-2000 Louisiana School District Agrees To Stop Official School Prayer Americans United - 6-27-2000 In Long-Awaited Victory, High Court Vacates Alabama Decision Allowing Public School Prayer ACLU - 6-26-2000 Supreme Court Orders New Review Of Alabama School Prayer Case Americans United - 6-26-2000 Supreme Court sets aside ruling allowing some prayer in Alabama schools Freedom Forum - 6-26-2000 ACLU challenges Virginia's moment-of-silence law Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 ACLU Challenges Virginia's "Minute of Silence" Law ACLU - 6-22-2000 S.C. House condemns Supreme Court prayer ruling Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 Alabama attorney general: State rules for school prayer won't change Freedom Forum - 6-20-2000 Religious Leaders Support Supreme Court Decision Banning Prayer at Football Games Interfaith Alliance - 6-20-2000 Supreme Court Ruling On Football Prayer A Victory For Individual Freedom Americans United - 6-19-2000 Supreme Court And Prayer At Football Games: Frequently Asked Questions Americans United - 6-19-2000 ACLU Hails "Total Victory" for Religious Liberty In High Court's Rejection of School Stadium Prayers ACLU - 6-19-2000 Supreme Court bans student-led prayer at football games Freedom Forum - 6-19-2000 Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds First Amendment in Texas Football School Prayer Case People For The American Way - 6-19-2000 Federal judge gives early victory to foes of state school-prayer law Freedom Forum - 6-15-2000 Virginia schools chief to educators: Don't mention prayer Freedom Forum - 6-15-2000 Federal Judge Strikes Down Louisiana School Prayer Law Americans United - 6-14-2000 Father asks educators to cease leading prayers at school events Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 Louisiana Time Warp Americans United - 6-1-2000 Appeals panel dismisses challenge to Texas school's graduation prayer policy Freedom Forum - 6-1-2000 ACLU files federal complaint over prayers before grand jury hearings Freedom Forum - 5-15-2000 Congress considers religion as way to curb drug-use and violence in public schools Freedom Forum - 5-3-2000 SCHOOL VOUCHER & TAX CREDIT SCAMS Voucher Referenda Threaten Religious Freedom In Michigan And California Americans United - 7-5-2000 ACLU challenges Louisiana's tax breaks for religious groups Freedom Forum - 6-2-2000 TEN COMMANDMENTS POSTINGS Texas man tries to halt judge's display of Ten Commandments Freedom Forum - 6-13-2000 Ten Commandments judge wins primary Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-2000 Civil rights group sues Indiana over Ten Commandments monument Freedom Forum - 5-19-2000 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	MISCELLANEOUS CENSORSHIP ALCOHOL, CIGARETTE & GAMBLING AD RESTRICTIONS Atlantic City casinos can now advertise odds Freedom Forum - 6-19-2000 Federal appeals panel rejects college newspaper's challenge of ad rules Freedom Forum - 6-8-2000 Federal court of appeals upholds state ban on alcohol ads in college newspapers Student Press Law Center - 6-8-2000 CENSORSHIP OF POLITICAL SPEECH Federal appeals panel rejects signature-gatherers' civil rights lawsuit Freedom Forum - 6-13-2000 Political activists challenge post office's prohibition on signature gathering Freedom Forum - 6-9-2000 Oregon judge allows petition signature-gatherers in bus station Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 Rights Groups and Citizen Activists Sue U.S. Postal Service Over Ban on Collecting Petition Signatures ACLU - 6-1-2000 ACLU challenges Louisiana school board's no-name policy Freedom Forum - 5-31-2000 Federal appeals panel strikes down state's signature-gathering rules Freedom Forum - 5-26-2000 Civil rights group considers challenging transit agency's ban on nonprofit ads Freedom Forum - 5-24-2000 Judge allowed to ban news crew that made him look bad Freedom Forum - 5-17-2000 Texas high court won't hear appeal of TV station banned from courtroom Freedom Forum - 5-12-2000 CENSORSHIP OF PRISONERS Wisconsin appeals court says prison officials can limit inmates to four books Freedom Forum - 6-14-2000 Arkansas inmates criticize jail's new rules on romantic reading Freedom Forum - 5-16-2000 CENSORSHIP OF RACIST & HATE SPEECH Federal judge: White supremacists don't need insurance to hold N.J. march Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 Philadelphia City Council takes step toward banning 'threatening' masks Freedom Forum - 6-13-2000 KKK leader criticizes state's decision on Adopt-A-Highway signs Freedom Forum - 5-24-2000 Case of racist workplace speech piques interest of high court justice Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 High court refuses to consider use of racial epithets in workplace Freedom Forum - 5-22-2000 CENSORSHIP OF RELIGIOUS SPEECH/PRACTICE Prison guard can keep long hair for religious reasons, Ohio high court rules Freedom Forum - 5-25-2000 Muslim prison guards, New Jersey settle beard dispute Freedom Forum - 5-19-2000 N.J. city discriminates against Muslim police officers Freedom Forum - 5-16-2000 DISCRIMINATORY SEXUAL ORIENTATION POLICIES Louisiana Court upholds sodomy law The Advocate Online - 7-7-2000 ACLU Takes Aim at State Sodomy Law That 'Invites the State into Every Bedroom in Minnesota' ACLU - 6-22-2000 DRUG WAR CENSORSHIP Congress considers another bill forbidding online drug discussions Freedom Forum - 6-26-2000 ALERT: Help Save Freedom of Speech from the Drug War Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-16-2000 Follow That Story, Part I: McCarthyism in Syracuse Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-16-2000 Pro-marijuana group sues transit agency for refusing ads Freedom Forum - 5-22-2000 FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT & TEEN CURFEW LAWS Federal judge throws out Indiana's curfew law Freedom Forum - 7-5-2000 Town appeals decision opening beaches to all Connecticut residents Freedom Forum - 6-9-2000 West Virginia high court hears arguments over city's juvenile curfew Freedom Forum - 6-8-2000 Curfew case goes to Connecticut Supreme Court Freedom Forum - 6-1-2000 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS RESTRICTIONS Russian journalists name 'enemies of the press' Freedom Forum - 7-6-2000 Sri Lanka re-establishes censorship of news media Freedom Forum - 7-5-2000 Russian officials renew pressure on newsman, media tycoon Freedom Forum - 7-5-2000 Sri Lanka high court tosses news-censorship system Freedom Forum - 6-30-2000 Ivory Coast to tighten press controls Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 2 press groups assail U.N. media rules for Kosovo Freedom Forum - 6-27-2000 Putin's harsh measures against independent journalists pose threat for Russian media Freedom Forum - 6-26-2000 Britain's new press restrictions called bewildering Freedom Forum - 6-26-2000 Internet helps keep press free, speakers say Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 Observers say Mexican election news growing unbalanced Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 New York's case against radio journalist delayed until Aug. 1 Freedom Forum - 5-12-2000 California reporter held in contempt of court Freedom Forum - 6-20-2000 Worldwide newspaper organization demands end to government harassment Freedom Forum - 6-15-2000 Mounties pepper-spray 7 journalists Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 ABC, state battle over prison interview policy Freedom Forum - 6-6-2000 Indonesian court throws out Suharto's suit against Time Freedom Forum - 6-6-2000 Sri Lanka ends censorship of foreign news media Freedom Forum - 6-6-2000 Clinton advocates press freedom in Russian talk-show appearance Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 Picture this: French law bars photos of handcuffed suspects Freedom Forum - 6-1-2000 Palestinian news crackdown assailed Freedom Forum - 6-1-2000 Credentialing process denies online journalists access to news Freedom Forum - 6-1-2000 Handcuffing the press — literally — is not justice Freedom Forum - 5-25-2000 Riots against Serb press closings continue Freedom Forum - 5-19-2000 World reaction to Serb media crackdown: Harsh Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 Milosevic shuts down major broadcasters Freedom Forum - 5-17-2000 Cherokee Nation considers free-press statute Freedom Forum - 5-17-2000 Michigan newspaper to fight seizure of photographers' film Freedom Forum - 5-15-2000 Student editor wins subpoena battle Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 State appeals court quashes riot subpoena Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Security guards confiscate film during weapons search Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 Store apologizes to reporter for destroying film Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 MISCELLANEOUS CENSORSHIP Boston Phoenix announces third annual Muzzle Awards Freedom Forum - 7-6-2000 Survey shows public would restrict America's freedoms Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 Americans support First Amendment principles but often not practices Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 Where Americans stand on freedom Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 Pay heed to First Amendment, training editors urged Freedom Forum - 5-10-2000 Supreme Court lets Ohio ruling on principals stand Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 RESTRICTIONS ON THE HOMELESS NYC protesters get go-ahead to sleep on city sidewalks Freedom Forum - 6-13-2000 RESTRICTIONS ON PROTESTORS & DEMONSTRATIONS ACLU Report Says Response To Seattle WTO Protests was 'Flawed, Out of Control' ACLU - 7-5-2000 L.A. officials fear trouble from anarchists at Democratic convention Freedom Forum - 7-5-2000 Protesters sue Los Angeles for greater access to Democratic convention Freedom Forum - 7-3-2000 Supreme Court backs restrictions on anti-abortion protests Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 Federal judge throws out demonstrators’ suit against Supreme Court Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 Anti-abortion group sues Supreme Court Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 Pot rally gets go-ahead from federal judge Freedom Forum - 6-16-2000 Police extend deadline for protest zone at GOP convention Freedom Forum - 6-15-2000 Call For Human Rights Monitors At The March For Economic Human Rights Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign - 6-14-2000 Feds Throw the book at Mumia Protesters Village Voice - 6-14-2000 N.J. high court opens malls to political groups Freedom Forum - 6-13-2000 We Refuse to be Banned! Refuse And Resist - 6-8-2000 Stop the Attacks on Mumia Supporters! Refuse And Resist - 6-6-2000 Utah activists claim victory after federal agency allows protests to resume Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 Stop The Attacks On The Movement For Justice For Mumia Abu-Jamal Refuse And Resist - 6-3-2000 Federal appeals panel strikes down federal permit scheme for public parks Freedom Forum - 5-31-2000 Police step in to stamp out Weedstock Freedom Forum - 5-30-2000 Wisconsin officials order end to annual marijuana festival Freedom Forum - 5-26-2000 SLAPP LAWSUITS & WHISTLEBLOWER INTIMIDATION Federal appeals panel reinstates former public employee's free-speech suit Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 Massachusetts Court Ruling Protects Citizen Critics From Police Libel Lawsuits ACLU - 6-20-2000 Divided federal appeals panel reinstates ex-jailer's First Amendment suit Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 'Watchdog' newspaper publisher says he'll take case to Supreme Court Freedom Forum - 5-26-2000 Special counsel chief: Ruling could threaten whistle-blower cases Freedom Forum - 5-16-2000 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	OTHER POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES ATTACKS ON REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE Supreme Court's pro-choice ruling good for Republicans Robyn Blumner - 7-9-2000 Abortion doctor denies charges of extortion Miami Herald - 7-7-2000 State drops fight on abortion ban Miami Herald - 7-7-2000 Victory For Women's Health! ACLU - 6-28-2000 U.S. Supreme Court Protects Women's Health, Strikes Down Nebraska Law Banning Abortion Procedures ACLU - 6-28-2000 Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Rights, Saying States May Not Endanger Women's Health ACLU - 6-28-2000 ACLU of Illinois Hails Supreme Court Decision Protecting Women's Health ACLU - 6-28-2000 Speak Out Against Dr. Steir's Sentencing! Refuse And Resist - 6-25-2000 Clinic violence continues Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-2000 COPYRIGHT AND MEDIA DISTRIBUTION ISSUES EFF Post-Hearing Comments Requesting Exemption of DVDs from Section 1201(a) Electronic Frontiers Foundation - 6-23-2000 MP3.com, record industry ask court to shut down Napster Freedom Forum - 6-13-2000 MP3, Warner Music settle copyright suit Freedom Forum - 6-9-2000 New York DVD Trial Goes Public Electronic Frontiers Foundation - 6-7-2000 CORPORATE CONTROL OF SOCIETY State high court to decide if Nike violated false-advertising laws Freedom Forum - 6-22-2000 Federal judge orders Microsoft split in two Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 U.S. clears deal making AT&T largest cable operator Freedom Forum - 6-6-2000 FCC regulators consider changing media-ownership rules Freedom Forum - 6-2-2000 Why a bad deal by the press is a big deal to the public Freedom Forum - 6-1-2000 Time Warner’s ABC blackout raises questions of choice, speech, 'undue market power' Freedom Forum - 5-10-2000 Corporate media: our freedoms subject to blackout Freedom Forum - 5-5-2000 COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ACLU Asks Senate to Preserve Civil Liberties While Preventing Terrorism ACLU - 6-15-2000 Attack on Terrorism Misses Target, Hits America's Freedoms Instead, Charges the ACLU ACLU - 6-5-2000 DRUG WAR HYSTERIA & RIGHTS ABUSES Feds' Drug War Gets 90-Day Reprieve from Texas Border DAs Drug Reform Coordination Network - 7-7-2000 St. Paul Cops Pose as Census Takers Drug Reform Coordination Network - 7-7-2000 Nevada Legislature to Consider Marijuana Reform Bill in 2001 Drug Reform Coordination Network - 7-7-2000 EDITORIAL: Over the Limit Drug Reform Coordination Network - 7-7-2000 Government protecting us to death Robyn Blumner - 7-2-2000 China Marks UN Anti-Drug Day, Executes Dozens, Killings Come in Wake of McCaffrey Visit and US-China Agreement Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-30-2000 EDITORIAL: Summary Executions Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-30-2000 California Sentencing Reform Initiative Draws Powerful Opponents, Reformers Dramatically Ahead in New Poll Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-30-2000 Feds' Hands Caught in Cookie Jar Wired - 6-30-2000 Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling That Louisiana Drug Testing Law Is Unconstitutional NORML - 6-29-2000 House Committee To Hold July 11 Hearing On ONDCP Payola Scandal NORML - 6-29-2000 Cops and Drugs: Police Departments Tolerating Past Drug Use by Job Applicants Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-23-2000 EDITORIAL: Cops, Drug Use, Symbolism Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-23-2000 'Cookiegate' Alarms Watchdogs Wired - 6-22-2000 White House Backs Down on Anti-Drug 'Cookies' APB News - 6-22-2000 White House drug office tracks computer visitors Scripps Howard News Service - 6-20-2000 Goodbye to Peter McWilliams Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-16-2000 In a National First, Governor of Hawaii Signs First Legislative Medical Marijuana Bill ACLU - 6-14-2000 US: The Life and Death of Peter McWilliams Media Awareness Project - 6-14-2000 ACLU Urges High Court to Void South Carolina Policy That Strips Pregnant Women of Their Rights ACLU - 6-9-2000 Drug czar denies trying to discredit journalist Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 White House tries to 'discredit' reporter over Gulf War story Freedom Forum - 5-17-2000 JAMPAC Supports Medicinal Marijuana Salon - 5-7-2000 Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs Human Rights Watch - 5-1-2000 ELECTION ISSUES Nader: A Personal View The Nation - 7-17-2000 God is their copilot Salon - 7-7-2000 Shadow Conventions to Challenge Democratic and Republican Conventions Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-30-2000 Arizona high court upholds core of public financing for state campaigns Freedom Forum - 6-16-2000 FAIR Activists Win Increased Online Coverage of Nader FAIR - 6-13-2000 Nader Raises Hackles of Media Establishment FAIR - 6-13-2000 FOURTH AMENDMENT SEARCH/SEIZURE VIOLATIONS Kansas City Star Strikes Again: Asset Forfeiture Series Exposes Police End-Runs Around State Laws Drug Reform Coordination Network - 6-16-2000 Taking Cash Into Custody Kansas City Star - 2000 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/OPEN GOVERNMENT ISSUES Kansas governor puts teeth into open-records law Freedom Forum - 5-16-2000 Censorship at the source: the worst kind Freedom Forum - 5-2-2000 District's refusal to mail documents costs $58,575 Student Press Law Center - Spring 2000 MISCELLANEOUS POLITICAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Horrific Dragging Death of Mexican Migrant Refuse And Resist - 7-8-2000 Crashing the Party at the Executioners' Ball! Refuse And Resist - 7-7-2000 Amnesty International USA Calls for Federal Moratorium on Death Penalty Amnesty International - 7-7-2000 The 1999-2000 Supreme Court Term: Zigzagging Toward the Right People For The American Way - 6-30-2000 Supreme Court Preserves "Right to Remain Silent" In a Forceful 7-2 Decision ACLU - 6-26-2000 ACLU of Southern CA Commends High Court's Affirmation of Miranda Rights in Two Key Cases ACLU - 6-26-2000 Philly Freedom Summer 2000 Refuse And Resist - 6-26-2000 Will CBS Report Amnesty's War Crimes Charges? FAIR - 6-13-2000 Action is key to success of nonviolent protest, panelist says Freedom Forum - 6-12-2000 Protest The Executioners' Ball! Refuse And Resist - 6-11-2000 New report by Amnesty International condemns NATO’s 1999 bombing of Yugoslav state radio-television building Freedom Forum - 6-8-2000 Bush Rates Only a "Gentleman’s C" on Education, New Report Shows People For The American Way - 5-4-2000 MUMIA ABU-JAMAL CASE STORIES Statement of the Board of the American Friends Service Committee on the Case of Mumia Abu Jamal Refuse And Resist - 6-30-2000 Philly Freedom Summer 2000 Overview Refuse And Resist - 6-27-2000 British Pols Plea For Mumia's Life Refuse And Resist - 6-27-2000 Labor for Mumia - Organizing for Justice! Refuse And Resist - 6-16-2000 An Ending -- A Beginning Refuse And Resist - 6-16-2000 Supplemental Memorandum of Law on Effect of Williams rulings Refuse And Resist - 6-2-2000 A New Trial for Mumia? Yes, the first one was a farce New York Daily News - 5-30-2000 PERSONAL PRIVACY ABUSES The Privacy Issue - Private Matters Index On Censorship - 7-9-2000 The Privacy Issue - The Fifth Utility Index On Censorship - 7-9-2000 The Privacy Issue - Big Browser Is Watching You Index On Censorship - 7-9-2000 The Privacy Issue - Anonymous Now Index On Censorship - 7-9-2000 Echelon Watch Cyber Rights & Cyber-Liberties UK - 7-1-2000 The Human Genome Project and Eugenics Robert Lederman - 6-30-2000 Fight Genetic Discrimination! ACLU - 6-26-2000 ACLU Welcomes Effort to Force Vote On Legislation to Ban Genetic Discrimination ACLU - 6-26-2000 U.S. spy agency under fire: Critics say memos suggest snooping on U.S. citizens USA Today - 6-26-2000 ACLU Welcomes Effort to Force Vote On Legislation to Ban Genetic Discrimination ACLU - 6-21-2000 Internet Privacy Has No Price Internet Freedom - 6-18-2000 ACLU Urges Congress to Protect Privacy of Medical Information From Financial Institutions ACLU - 6-14-2000 High court won't hear dispute over phone companies' use of customer data Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 France's move to end Net anonymity makes cyber-waves Freedom Forum - 5-24-2000 POLICE ABUSE OF POWER, BRUTALITY & CORRUPTION Newest ACLU Advertisement Deplores Growing Trend Toward Jailing Children in Adult Prisons ACLU - 7-7-2000 Bruce Springsteen "American Skin" Controversy Rock And Rap Confidential - 7-1-2000 Fear Of A Black Jury Refuse And Resist - 6-21-2000 ACLU Applauds Legislation To Protect the Innocent on Death Row ACLU - 6-19-2000 Latest ACLU Advertisement Highlights Execution Of Innocent Prisoners on Death Row ACLU - 6-16-2000 Acquittal of prison guards -- time to end "code of silence" Amnesty International - 6-15-2000 Crime Surge in Giuliani's Police State Robert Lederman - 6-14-2000 RACIAL PROFILING Racial Profiling Report Calls for Judicial Review of Border Searches; Shows Need for Legislation ACLU - 6-28-2000 Provocative New ACLU Advertising Series Uses American Icons in Message on Racial Profiling ACLU - 6-2-2000 RELIGIOUS RIGHT EXPOSED IRS Issues Forceful Warning About Churches And Politics Americans United - 7-5-2000 Judgment Day Americans United - 6-1-2000 They promise not to die Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-2000 The fantasy world of Tim LaHaye Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-2000 Bush speech coverup continues Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-2000 Baptist temple fights IRS over past-due taxes Freedom Forum - 5-26-2000 Federal appeals panel upholds IRS decision to strip church of tax-exempt status Freedom Forum - 5-15-2000 IRS Can Reject Tax Exemption Of Overtly Political Churches, Federal Appelate Court Rules Americans United - 5-12-2000 IRS asked to investigate TV preacher's effort to register Christians to vote Freedom Forum - 5-12-2000 Falwell Ministries Seeks Donations To Fight Al Gore, 'Anti-Christian Left' In 2000 Elections Americans United - 5-11-2000 Idaho Christian Coalition Grills Judicial Candidates On God, Hell And Evolution: Survey Smacks Of Inquisition Americans United - 5-10-2000 Close Encounters With The Religious Right Americans United - 5-1-2000 Jerry Falwell Rolls Out A Legally Dubious Voter Project For The 2000 Elections Americans United - 5-1-2000 RIGHT WING ATTACKS ON INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY In Yet Another Blow to Judicial Independence, High Court Allows Congress to Limit Prison Litigation ACLU - 6-19-2000 WAR ON THE POOR Net polls miss constituent groups, pollsters say Freedom Forum - 5-22-2000 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE
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