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Here is a case to watch over the next couple of weeks.

The ACLU returns to court for the latest round in the battle against Internet censorship with ACLU v. Gonzales, originally ACLU v. Reno, then ACLU v. Ashcroft. The court will decide whether the law violates the constitutional right to free speech. The ACLU has challenged the “Child Online Protection Act” (COPA), which would impose draconian criminal sanctions, with penalties of up to $50,000 per day and up to six months imprisonment, for online material acknowledged as valuable for adults but judged “harmful to minors.”

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