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Freedom Files - Season 2
Ideological Exclusion

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The 2000 Supreme Court Term included important rulings on free speech and privacy, immigrants' rights, civil rights and states' rights. But the Term's place in history will inevitably be shaped by the ongoing debate over Bush v. Gore, and the Court's unprecedented role in resolving the outcome of last year's presidential election. Read more >>

FEATURES
Overview Statement, by Steven R. Shapiro, ACLU Legal Director
Indianapolis v. Edmond, by Ken Falk, Legal Director, Indiana Civil Liberties Union
Legal Services Corp (LSC) v. Velazquez, by Frank Askin, ACLU General Counsel
Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Background: Social and Legal Context



SUPREME COURT CASES

1999 TERM
Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe (2/2/2000)
DECIDED

Miller v. French (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Dickerson v. United States (2/20/2000)
DECIDED

Erie v. Pap's A. M. (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Williams v. Taylor (12/15/1999)
DECIDED

Hill v. Colorado (11/12/1999)
DECIDED

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (3/29/2000)
DECIDED

Stenberg v. Carhart (3/29/2000)
DECIDED

Mitchell v. Helms (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government Pac (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Village of Willowbrook v. Olech (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Illinois v. Wardlow (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Reno v. Condon (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Friends of Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envi-ronmental Services (TOC), Inc. (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Garner v. Jones (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Board of Regents of Univ. of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (10/1/1999)
DECIDED

Florida v. J. L. (1/19/2000)
DECIDED


2000 TERM
Deboris Calcano-Martinez v. INS (2/1/2001)
DECIDED

James B. Hunt, Jr., v. Martin Cromartie (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

City of Indianapolis v. James Edmond (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

Gail Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

Danny Lee Kyllo v. United States of America (11/10/2000)
DECIDED

United States of America v. Carmen Velazquez (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

Crystal M. Ferguson v. City of Charleston (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

Buckhannon Board and Care Home v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (11/20/2000)
DECIDED

Bush v. Palm Beach Canvassing Board (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

Shaw v. Murphy (12/1/2000)
DECIDED

Bartnicki v. Vopper (10/25/2000)
DECIDED

Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS (11/13/2000)
DECIDED

Donald Saucier v. Elliot M. Katz and In Defense of Animals (3/20/2001)
DECIDED

Lorillard Tobacco Company v. Thomas Reilly (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

United States of America v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative and Jeffrey Jones (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

INS v. Enrico St. Cyr (3/1/2001)
DECIDED

Sharon B. Pollard v. E.I. Dupont Nemours Company (2/22/2001)
DECIDED

Booth v. Churner (12/1/2000)
DECIDED

The Good News Club v. Milford Central School (1/12/2001)
DECIDED

Alexander v. Sandoval (10/1/2000)
DECIDED

Janet Reno v. Kim Ho Ma (2/21/2001)
DECIDED

FEC v. Colorado Republican Campaign Committee (1/12/2001)
DECIDED