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see also Free Speech 2002
ACLU
Wins Artistic Expression Lawsuit On Behalf of Waikiki Street Performers
(ACLU) - posted 12/28/01
Settlement
Reached In Lawsuit Challenging Advertising Policy at R.I. Airport
(ACLU) - posted 12/26/01
Winn-Dixie
Tries To Shut Down ShameOnWinnDixie.com; Activists Step Up Holiday Protests
for Firing Cross-Dresser (ACLU) - posted
12/18/01
Landfill
Owners to Pay $400,000 to Woman Who Fought SLAPP (Free!)
- posted 12/14/01
ACLU
Appalled by Ashcroft Statement on Dissent; Calls Free Speech "Main Engine
of Justice" (ACLU) - posted 12/10/01
Bookstore
Fights Order to Turn Over Sales Records (Free!) - posted 12/06/01
City's
Banner Policy Triggers Lawsuit (Free!) - posted
12/04/01
Photojournalist
Busted for Shooting Nuke Plant (Free!) -
posted 11/30/01
Appeals
Court Sides with Hollywood on DVD Decryption (Free!)
- posted 11/29/01
Read the Opinion
from the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
See also: EFF
"Intellectual Property: DVD CCA (Content Control Association) Case" Archive
(EFF)
Expanded
New York Abortion-Clinic Buffer Zones Struck Down (Free!)
- posted 11/27/01
Rhode
Island Drops Plan to Limit Photography in Public Parks (Free!)
- posted 11/26/01
Ex-Hitman's
Book Proceeds to Go to Victims (Free!)
- posted 11/21/01
Newsletters
Given First Amendment Protection (Free!)
- posted 11/21/01
Annual
Protest March Gets Go-Ahead (Free!) - posted
11/19/01
Bikini-Clad
Mannequin Making Waves in Virginia Town (Free!)
- posted 11/17/01
Phallic
Art Spurs Censorship Debate (Free!) - posted
11/16/01
South
Carolina High Court Scrutinizes State's Tattoo Ban (Free!)
- posted 11/15/01
Salt
Lake City to Allow More Protesters During Olympics (Free!)
- posted 11/07/01
National
Guardsman Orders Reporter to Destroy Photos at L.A. Airport
(Free!) - posted 11/06/01
DVD-Hacking
Technology is "Pure Speech," Rules California Court
(Free!) - posted 11/2/01
Read the Opinion
from the Court of Appeals of the State of California, Sixth Appellate
District
First
Amendment Right to Publish Computer Code Upheld (EFF & First Amendment
Project) - posted 11/01/01
Federal
Court Upholds WTO No-Protest Zone (Free!)
- posted 10/31/01
Animal-Rights
Group Sues City Over Olympics Protest Permits (Free!)
- posted 10/24/01
Texas
Appeals Court Abolishes Ban on Anonymous Political Ads
(Free!)
- posted 10/24/01
ACLU
Defends California Artist After Los Angeles Orders Removal of “God Bless
America” Mural (ACLU) - posted 10/23/01
"Shthpns"
License Plate Panned by Federal Appeals Court
(Free!) - posted 10/19/01
Bowing
to ACLU Request, CT University Agrees Not to Ban Protest Signs at Sports
Arena (ACLU) - posted
10/18/01
Alt
Pubs Threatened for Criticizing President, Policy (AAN)
- posted 10/17/01
Muslim
Journal Distributor Sues PA Town Officials Over Arrest Threat
(ACLU) - posted 10/17/01
Brewery
Wins Cussing Contest
(Free!)
- posted 10/12/01
Watchdog
Group Says Yellowstone Park Ranger Illegally Muzzled (Free!)
- posted 10/12/01
Critic
of Koran Temporarily Barred From Speaking at Ohio College
(Free!)
- posted 10/11/01
Flag-Burning
Suspect Ordered Not to Touch, Handle or Possess Any U.S. Flag
(Free!) - posted 10/9/01
Abortion
Foes Lose Free-Speech Claim as Racketeering Verdict Upheld
(Free!) - posted 10/3/01
Read the Opinion
from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Indiana
Man Charged With Burning U.S. Flag (Free!) -
posted 10/2/01
Truth
May Set You Free, but "Vulgar" Quote Will Just Get You In Trouble
(Free!) - posted 10/1/01
Speak
Up at Your Own Risk (Free!) - posted 9/26/01
ACLU,
Ohio Agree On Rights of Condemned to Final Words (Free!) -
posted 9/20/01
College's
Librarians Barred From Wearing American Pride Stickers (Free!)
- posted 9/19/01
Group
Critical of California Governor Must Identify Financial Backers
(Free!) - posted 9/18/01
Olympics
Protesters Worry Rights Will Be Curtailed In Wake of Attacks
(Free!) - posted 9/17/01
First
Amendment Advocates Fear Erosion of Rights In Aftermath of Attacks
(Free!) - posted 9/14/01
Man
Can Use Community Room for Religious Display (Free!)
- posted 9/14/01
City
Officials Try to Exorcise Town of "Scary Gary" T-Shirts
(Free!) - posted 9/9/01
Idaho
Man Who Cursed at Cop Loses Appeal (Free!)
- posted 9/6/01
ACLU
of Ohio Challenges Toledo Sign Code On Behalf of Man Whose Sign Criticized
Mayor (Free!) - posted
9/5/01
Judge:
Man Sentenced for "Obscene" Journal Can't Change Guilty Plea
(Free!) - posted 9/5/01
ACLU
of Michigan Criticizes Battle Creek Mayor for Cutting Public Opinion from
Meeting Broadcasts (ACLU) - posted 9/5/01
Man's
Anti-Bush Bumper Stickers Prompt Visit by Secret Service (Free!)
- posted 9/1/01
Oklahoma
City Rewrites Rules for Ads On Light Poles, Bus-Stop Benches
(Free!) - posted 8/30/01
Wisconsin
City to Revise Handbill Rules, Attorney Says (Free!)
- posted 8/25/01
Abortion
Foes File Suit Over Ban On Graphic Signs (Free!)
- posted 8/23/01
ACLU
Sues Ohio Town Council Over Censorship Rules Aimed at Critics of Elected
Officials (ACLU) - posted 8/22/01
Federal
Appeals Panel Strikes Ban On Protest-Sign Handles (Free!)
- posted 8/22/01
California
Liquor Board Removes Rules for Topless Dancers (Free!)
- posted 8/22/01
South
Dakota Governor: Gay Group May Join Road Cleanup Program (Free!)
- posted 8/21/01
Professor
to Speak On Anti-Piracy Technology Despite Legal Questions
(Free!) - posted 8/15/01
Activists
Threaten to Sue for Greater Access to Global Trade Meetings
(Free!) - posted 8/14/01
Federal
Appeals Court Bolsters State's Buffer-Zone Law
(Free!)
- posted 8/14/01
Artist
Can Toy Around With Barbie, Rules Federal Judge (Free!)
- posted 8/13/01
Mattel
Repudiated: Decisive Victory for Free Speech in Case Involving Artist's
Use of Barbie Doll (ACLU) - posted 8/13/01
ACLU
of Ohio Challenges Town's Limits on Display of Political Yard Signs
(ACLU) - posted 8/9/01
Federal
Judge Strikes Down L.A. Law Barring Donation-Seekers at Airport
(Free!) - posted 8/8/01
GOP
Convention Protesters Hit City With Another Lawsuit (Free!)
- posted 8/6/01
ACLU
Restores Free Speech to San Diego Welfare Offices (ACLU)
- posted 8/3/01
Man
Jailed for Personal Writings Asks to Withdraw Guilty Plea (Free!)
- posted 8/3/01
ACLU
Calls Planned Olympic Protest Zones Inadequate (Free!)
- posted 8/2/01
Klan's
Old Kentucky Haunts Ban Hoods In Public (Free!)
- posted 7/31/01
ACLU
Says Hate Crimes Legislation Must Be Amended To Protect Free Speech
(ACLU) - posted 7/26/01
Utah's
Liquor Ad Ban to Be Put On Ice (Free!)
- posted 7/25/01
ACLU Defends PETA's
Next-to-Nude "Tiger Lady" Against Indecency Charges for Exposing Cruelty
to Animals (ACLU) -
posted 7/24/01
NYCLU
Files Lawsuit Challenging Huge Permit Fees For Activist Group Events in
City Parks (ACLU) - posted 7/18/01
ACLU
Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Case Against Man-Boy Sex Group
(Free!) - posted 7/18/01
House
Approves Flag Amendment for Fourth Time In 6 Years (Free!)
- posted 7/18/01
House
Votes to Amend Constitution Once Again; But Margin of Support for Flag
Amendment Drops Again (ACLU) -
posted 7/17/01
Free
Speech Gets Burned Again In House Vote (PFAW)
- posted 7/17/01
NYC
Rescinds Policy of Jailing Demonstrators (Free!)
- posted 7/16/01
Colorado
Pub Sues to Protect Customers' Right to Cuss (Free!)
- posted 7/12/01
Unusual
Alliances Form to Support, Oppose Campaign-Finance Bills (Free!)
- posted 7/10/01
U.S.
Cities Follow Pennsylvania Town's Lead In Banning Nude Dancing
(Free!) - posted 7/9/01
Court
Orders Anchorage to Re-Install Gay Pride Exhibit (Free!)
- posted 7/5/01
Fictitious
Journal Writings Lead to Prison Sentence (Free!)
- posted 7/5/01
Supreme
Court Sides With Tobacco Companies On Ad Rules (Free!)
- posted 6/28/01
Community
Groups Demand Reinstatement of Bus Shelter Ad (Lambda LDEF)
- posted 6/28/01
Gay-Health
Ads Pulled From NYC Bus Shelters (Free!)
- posted 6/27/01
Driver:
State Must Yield to Request for Plates With Biblical Messages
(Free!) - posted 6/25/01
Restaurant
Should Not Lose Liquor License Over "Shock Jock" Entertainment,
ACLU of Maryland Argues (ACLU) -
posted 6/20/01
Federal
Judge Orders Nude Photographs of Grandkids Returned to Grandmother
(Free!) - posted 6/20/01
Navy
Violated Free Speech Rights of Vieques Protesters, ACLU Charges In Lawsuit
(ACLU) - posted 6/18/01
Missouri
Ordered to Issue "ARYAN-1" License Plate
(Free!) - posted 6/13/01
ACLU
Says Leading Campaign Finance Bills Would Gag Democratically Essential
Speech (ACLU) - posted 6/12/01
Anchorage
Mayor Rejects Gay Exhibit (Free!)
- posted 6/8/01
Professor
Sues for Permission to Discuss Anti-Piracy Research (Free!)
- posted 6/7/01
Federal
Suit: Government's Overseas Abortion Policy Violates Free Speech
(Free!) - posted 6/7/01
City
to Repeal "Get a License to Talk" Law, Court Approves Final
Settlement of ACLU Lawsuit (ACLU) - posted 5/8/01
Federal
Appeals Panel Takes Up DVD-Copying Software Case (Free!)
- posted 5/2/01
Brewery
Gets Go-Ahead to Use Once-Banned Label (Free!)
- posted 4/11/01
Free
Speech Hits Mini-Jackpot in Vegas (Free!) -
posted 4/10/01
Animal
Rights Group Continue to Challenge Utah Limits on School Protests
(Free!) - posted 4/5/01
Federal
Appeals Panel Hears Dispute Over "SHTHPNS" License Plate
(Free!) - posted
4/4/01
Appeals
Court Calls Kentucky Student's Confederate Flag T-Shirt Expressive Speech
(SPLC) - posted 4/4/01
ACLU
Files Lawsuit to Stop "Commercial Terrorism" Law (Free!)
- posted 4/3/01
Federal
Appeals Panel: Web Site Targeting Abortion Doctors is Free Speech
(Free!) - posted 3/29/01
Two
Inmates Improperly Punished for Exercising Free Speech, Judge Rules
(Free!) - posted 3/17/01
Utah
Legislature Passes Anti-SLAPP Bill (Free!) - posted 3/6/01
Lawsuit:
Officials Illegally Limit Who May Speak at Township Meetings (Free!)
Federal
Judge Rules Virginia Must Allow Confederate License Plates (Free!)
- posted 1/19/01
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