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Free Speech : Legislative Documents

ACLU Testimony of Marvin J. Johnson, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on the Committee Print to Amend the Federal Trademark Dilution Act Before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary (04/21/2004)

Coalition Sign-on Letter Submitting Comments to the FEC in Response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Political Committee Status (04/06/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property Urging Members to Reject H.R. 3754, the Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act (03/30/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S. 2056, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (03/23/2004)

Written Testimony of Senator John Glenn Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Testimony of Bob Kerrey Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Testimony of Gary E. May, Associate Professor of Social Work, Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee from Retired U.S. Navy Veteran William C. Ragsdale Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Letter from Retired USAF Major Robert Cordes to the Senate Judiciary Committee Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Testimony of Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Opposition to the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Testimony of Walter Dellinger Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, The Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

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