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Dates: during 2000-2009
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This fall, the Curleys brought a $200 million lawsuit against NAMBLA, which is being defended by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The parents hope to bankrupt the group, thus forcing them to shut down. The ACLU has claimed that constitutionally, this is an "open and shut case," and has asked the judge to throw it out. This case, and the notion that a NAMBLA victory would allow the organization to continue to distribute their filth, is enough to make any conscionable person sick. It may be an "open and shut case," but not in the way the ACLU interprets...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, | Title: Editor's Notebook: The Limits of Free Speech | 2/8/2001 | See Source »

...ACLU also opposed bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Ashcroft's Dubious Pen Pal | 1/11/2001 | See Source »

Tucker said Ashcroft ultimately withdrew his sponsorhip of the bill because he considered the RICO provisions overly broad, a position she added was also taken by the liberal ACLU...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Ashcroft's Dubious Pen Pal | 1/11/2001 | See Source »

...that the Gore campaign was ready to challenge the Florida outcome, lawsuits challenging the ballot were sprouting all around Palm Beach County. Many were spearheaded by citizens with Democratic party connections, though none of them yet had the official involvement of the state or national party. Jim Green, an ACLU lawyer in Palm Beach, was collecting statements from anyone who called his office. "All five lines here were lit up nonstop," he says. With union activists rounding up Florida notaries to take affidavits from the callers, Green figured that he would have 250 plaintiffs for the ballot-challenge suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Eye of the Storm | 11/12/2000 | See Source »

...first] 16 words [of the First Amendment] encompass the foundation of religious liberty in the United States," said Roberts, who has been executive director of the Mass. Chapter of the ACLU for the past 30 years...

Author: By Alyssa R. Berman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panelists Consider Controversy Over Religion, Public Life | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

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