IP: Two Items Re CDA -- ACLU Foundation Award to the

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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SF Bay Guardian


SPJ NorCal (Peter Sussman)


Jim Warren


John Quarterman


David Farber


Suzanne Stefanac


SPJ Penn (Walter Brasch)


Rogier van Bakel


Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols/Internet Press Guild


T Bruce Tober




You are all collectively, as the Associaton of Publishers, Editors and
Writers, the recipients of the Civil Liberties Award from the ACLU
Foundation, for your joining in the CDA challenge.=20






ACLU Press Release -  12/06/96 -- Supreme Court to Review Landmark
Decision Barring Internet Censorship =20




</excerpt>Friday, December 6, 1996 NEW YORK-The Supreme Court's decision
to review Reno v. ACLU comes as no surprise, considering that this is an
important case challenging an important federal statute. However, we
remain convinced that the lower court decision was correct and we are
confident that it will be upheld by the Supreme Court.    Of course, we
would not be here today were it not for Congress' misguided attempt to
regulate what one lower court judge described as "the most participatory
form of mass speech yet developed."   We will continue to work together
with our colleagues to ensure the best possible outcome for free speech
principles. Note to reporters and editors: In its orders issued today,
the Supreme Court laid out the following briefing schedule: appellants
(government's) brief is due on January 21, 1997; the appellee's briefs
(ACLU and ALA) are due on February 20, 1997.  The government's final, or
reply, brief is due on March 7, 1997.  Argument in the case will be
scheduled later that month.  For detailed information on Supreme Court
procedure in this case, see the ACLU backgrounder,
<</news/n103196b.html>Reno v. ACLU: The Road to the Supreme Court.
<</issues/cyber/trial/appeal.html>More ACLU v. Reno Case Materials
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