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Diverse Coalition Announces Support for Net Neutrality Legislation in Maine (05/08/2007)
PORTLAND – The Maine Civil Liberties Union and other free speech advocates today joined state business leaders and computer professionals to call on the Maine Legislature to keep the Internet neutral and protect the freedom of individuals and small companies to post content online. The coalition is urging legislators to pass a bill known as “An Act to Protect Network Neutrality,” or LD 1675.

ACLU Hails Reporter Shield Legislation (05/02/2007)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA) for introducing the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007. The proposed bill helps ensure the government is open to public scrutiny by protecting journalists’ access to confidential sources. It also prevents government officials from chilling those sources by preventing their disclosure unless there is an actual and imminent danger to national security or public safety.

ACLU Calls FCC Television Violence Recommendations Unworkable (04/26/2007)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union responded today to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report on television violence. The FCC report recommends that Congress regulate violence on television in the way indecency is now regulated. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has announced that he will be reintroducing legislation giving the FCC explicit authority over "violent" programming.

Proposed Amendments to City Lobbying Law Threaten Individuals and Families Associated with Controversial Organizations, NYCLU Testifies (04/11/2007)
NEW YORK - In testimony before the New York City Council today, the New York Civil Liberties Union condemned proposed amendments to the city's lobbying law that would require the disclosure of personal information about lobbyists and their families.

Santa Barbara Police Agree to Protect Protestors’ Rights (04/05/2007)
LOS ANGELES – Michael Tocher was a peaceful man with a megaphone and a message of protest when Santa Barbara police arrested him on Veterans Day in 2004. Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California announced a settlement of its lawsuit against the city over his wrongful arrest.

ACLU Scores Free Speech Victory for Columbia Residents (03/22/2007)
ST. LOUIS - The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court’s ruling prohibiting the city of Columbia and the nonprofit corporation, Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans, from restricting free expression at Columbia’s annual air show.

ACLU Victorious in Defense of Online Free Speech (03/22/2007)
NEW YORK - A federal district court today ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union’s longstanding challenge to an Internet censorship law, ACLU v. Gonzales. Although the law was enacted in 1998, courts immediately forbade the government from enforcing it because it suppressed a substantial amount of constitutionally protected speech.

NYCLU Releases RNC Documents That City Tried to Conceal (03/21/2007)
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union today made public reams of documents and dozens of hours of video about the New York Police Department’s policing of the 2004 Republican National Convention. The release follows a federal judge’s ruling last month that New York City could not stop the NYCLU from sharing the documents with the public.

ACLU and Film Festival Sue Michigan Lawmakers Over Free Speech Violations (03/20/2007)
DETROIT - The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today filed a federal lawsuit charging that state officials violated the First Amendment by punishing the Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) for screening films that the state deemed "objectionable."

The Devil Wears Winnie-the-Pooh? Lawsuit Charges Napa Middle School Dress Code Goes Too Far (03/20/2007)
NAPA, CA – Last year, 7th-grader Toni Kay Scott was sent to the principal’s office not because of a revealing see-through top, spiked collar or platform heels – but because her socks featured a picture of the Winnie-the-Pooh character Tigger.

ACLU of New Jersey Successfully Defends Free Speech for Peace Activist (03/20/2007)
NEWARK - A New Jersey Superior Court judge today dismissed charges against Bob Flisser, who was arrested in Flemington for participating in a public vigil for fallen soldiers without obtaining a permit. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, representing Flisser, argued that Flemington's "parade" permit ordinance violated numerous free speech protections and was applied discriminatorily. Flemington officials agreed to the dismissal.