Ashcroft v. ACLU Press Releases
03/07/2003: Ruling a Second Time, Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Internet …
11/01/2002: ACLU Defends Internet Free Speech in Three Courts Coast to Coast
05/13/2002: Maintaining Ban on Internet Censorship Law, Supreme Court Asks Lower Court to Revisit Ruling
11/26/2001: In Supreme Court Argument this Wednesday, ACLU to Once Again Battle Internet Censorship Law
11/20/2001: ACLU Files Brief in Second Supreme Court Battle Over Internet Censorship
10/01/2001: Round Two: Cyber-Censorship Returns to Supreme Court
09/20/2001: ACLU Files Brief in Second Supreme Court Battle Over Internet Censorship
05/21/2001: ACLU Ready for Second Supreme Court Battle Over Internet Censorship Law
04/19/2001: Library Internet Access is Still Free from Censorship as Law Goes into …
06/22/2000: ACLU v. Reno II Victory!: Appeals Court Rejects Congress’ Second Attempt at Cyber-Censorship
11/02/1999: Appeals Court to Hear Arguments in Second Battle Over Federal Internet Censorship Law
09/20/1999: ACLU Gears Up for Next Round of Appeals In Challenges to Internet Censorship Laws
04/02/1999: Internet Censorship Battle Moves to Appeals Court
02/01/1999: Rejecting Cyber-Censorship, Court Defends Online “Marketplace of Ideas”
01/20/1999: New Cyber-Censorship Law Would Fracture Internet, Experts and Web Owners Testify
11/19/1998: Judge Halts Enforcement of Internet Censorship Law
10/22/1998: Broad Coalition Files Challenge To New Federal Net Censorship Law
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