Supreme Court Briefing 2009–10 Term

ACLU lawyers met with the press who cover the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. recently to provide an overview of important cases during the 2009-10 term of the high court.

Watch ACLU Legal Director Steven R. Shapiro discuss United States v. Stevens, a case with broad First Amendment concerns.

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Peter Eliasberg, managing attorney with the ACLU of Southern California, discusses Salazar v. Buono, a case in which the government is challenging a lower court ruling that a congressional statute transferring a small parcel of land under a cross in the Mojave Desert National Preserve to a private owner failed to resolve a violation of the Establishment Clause.

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