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Chat With ACLU Lead Counsel Ann Beeson on the Supreme Court's decision to
Revisit COPA (10/14/2003)
Third
Circuit ruling (3/2003)
Supreme
Court ruling (5/2002)
ACLU Summary
of Supreme Court's Ruling
Introduction
to the Case by Ann Beeson
Plaintiffs
Involved in the Case
3rd Circuit Court Decision
Striking Down COPA
Text
of COPA (the law being ruled on by the Supreme
Court)
1998 Justice Deptartment
letter to Congress (expressing concerns about
COPA legislation)
ACLU Letter on H.R. 4623, "Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act
of 2002"
COPA
Commission report
Materials on Reno v.
ACLU (earlier case striking
Communications Decency Act)
Materials
on ACLU v. Reno II (precursor to Ashcroft
v. ACLU) LEGAL BRIEFS
ACLU, et al. v.
Ashcroft Brief Appealing COPA
Third circuit brief
on remand from Supreme Court
Ashcroft
v. ACLU et. al. Supreme Court brief
Government's
Supreme Court brief
Amicus
Brief by Internet Industry Associations and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Amicus
Brief by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
Amicus
Brief by Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and People for the American
Way
Amicus Brief
by the Association of American Publishers
Amicus
Brief by the Association of National Advertisers
Amicus
Brief by the American Society of Journalists and Authors |
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PRESS
RELEASES
Supreme
Court Maintains Ban on Internet Censorship Law 5/13/2002
In
Supreme Court Argument, ACLU to Battle Internet Censorship Law 11/26/2001
ACLU
Files Brief in Second Battle Over Internet Censorship 9/20/2001
ACLU
Ready for Second Supreme Court Battle Over Internet Censorship 5/21/2001
ACLU
v. Reno II Victory! Appeals
Court Rejects Congress' Second Attempt at Censorship 6/22/2000
Appeals
Court to Hear Arguments in Second Internet Censorship Battle 11/2/1999
ACLU
Gears Up for Appeals in Challenges to Internet Censorship 9/20/1999
Internet
Censorship Battle Moves to Appeals Court 4/2/1999
Rejecting
Cyber-Censorship, Court Defends Online "Marketplace of Ideas" 2/1/1999
New
Cyber-Censorship Law Would Fracture Internet 1/20/1999
Judge
Halts Enforcement of Internet Censorship Law 11/19/1998
Coalition
Files Challenge to Federal Net Censorship Law 10/22/1998
ASHCROFT V. ACLU LEGAL TEAM
Ann Beeson, Christopher
A. Hansen, and Steven
R. Shapiro of the ACLU Foundation
Stefan Presser of the ACLU
of Pennsylvania Foundation
David L. Sobel of the Electronic
Privacy Information Center
Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Christopher R. Harris, Michele
M. Pyle, and Mark H. Goldberg of Latham & Watkins
Lee Tien of the Electronic
Frontier Foundation |