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In Victory for Free Speech, Court Strikes Down Rhode Island’s Restrictions on Campaigning Over Ballot Questions (04/27/2006)
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Ruling on a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island in 2004, U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres has struck down various aspects of Rhode Island’s campaign finance law that the ACLU argued impermissibly restricted the rights of individuals and entities to campaign for and against ballot questions.

In New Alliance, ACLU and Public Campaign Urge Support for Full Public Financing (10/26/1999)
WASHINGTON -- Seeking to end years of political deadlock, the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Campaign today announced a "common ground" effort to shift the focus of campaign finance reform to full public financing for all federal elections.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.com: How a Small-Town Internet Speaker Tripped Over Campaign Finance Regulations (10/13/1999)

ACLU to Challenge Maine Campaign Finance Law (09/29/1999)
PORTLAND, ME -- A state court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine's challenge to the campaign finance reform initiative passed by state voters in November 1996.

ACLU Urges House to Oppose Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Legislation (09/14/1999)
WASHINGTON -- Saying that it would violate free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged the House of Representatives to reject a high-profile campaign finance proposal.

Coalition Letter to the House Urging Opposition to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Armey Amendment to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

Letter to the House in Opposition to the Shays-Meehan bill, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001 (02/12/2002)

ACLU Campaign Finance Reform Fact Sheet (02/12/2002)

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitutional Issues of Campaign Finance Reform Legislation (06/12/2001)