Judge Permits Challenge to Utah Harmful to Minors Act to Proceed (11/29/07)

ACLU of Utah Asks the Utah Supreme Court to Invalidate State Tax Law That Censors Free Expression (11/16/07)

ACLU joins lawsuit challenging raids of concerts and violation of free speech: Utah court’s ruling upholding use of 12-hour ordinance is disappointing, says ACLU (9/26/05)

Federal lawsuit challenges unconstitutional restrictions on Internet speech (6/9/05)

Draper City repeals unconstitutional campaign sign ordinance (10/22/04)

ACLU of Utah files suit challenging Draper’s unconstitutional campaign sign ordinance (9/14/04)

ACLU files Main Street Plaza appeal (5/21/04)

Plaza guards bounce students (and ACLU director) (3/25/04)

Free speech triumphs in Ogden, Utah: Second District Court overturns city’s ban on core political speech on private property (10/1/03)

ACLU returns to court in controversy over free speech in Salt Lake City’s “Main Street Plaza” (8/7/03)

Tenth Circuit ruling remains: Main Street Plaza easement is a public forum and church’s restrictions on speech are unconstitutional (6/23/03)

Utah Supreme Court Declares State’s Criminal Libel Statute Unconstitutional (11/15/02)

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses District Court Decision on Main Street (10/9/02)

In a Letter to the Editor, ACLU Clarifies its Work in Free Speech Case (6/25/02)

Tenth Circuit Court to Hear Arguments Regarding the Constitutionality of the Main Street Plaza Restrictions (3/14/02)

Utah Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Regarding Utah’s Criminal Libel Statute (3/12/02)

Court Declares Utah’s “Commercial Terrorism” Statute Unconstitutional (10/10/01)

ACLU Withdraws Appeal of Official English Decision; Cites Court’s Reading of the Statute as “Largely Symbolic” and Attorney General’s Positive Step (9/4/01)

ACLU of Utah Files Brief in Case Challenging Constitutionality of Main Street Plaza Restrictions; Relies on Recent Federal Appeals Court Decision (8/13/01)

ACLU of Utah Clarifies Its Olympic Work (6/17/01)

ACLU of Utah Asks the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to Review the Constitutionality of the Main Street Plaza Restrictions (6/4/01)

ACLU Federal Lawsuit Challenges H.B. 322 New Commercial Terrorism Statute (4/2/01)

Utah Judge Rules English-Only Statute Does Not Prohibit Government Employees from Using Languages Other than English (3/6/01)

Bushco v. Utah State Tax Commission

Uprock v. Tracy

Merkey v. Yahoo SCOX

The King’s English v. Shurtleff

Utah Gospel Mission v. Salt Lake City Corporation

Larsen v. City of Draper

Ogden City v. Bruce Edwards and Bruce Edwards v. Ogden City

First Unitarian Church v. Salt Lake City Corporation

B. L. Brereton v. Salt Lake County

B. L. Brereton v. Taylorsville City Corporation

B. L. Brereton v. Holladay City Corporation

B. L. Brereton v. Draper City

Mobile Media on the Go v. Salt Lake City Corporation

Van Gorden v. Utah State Fair

Utah Animal Rights Coalition v. State of Utah

Alvarez v. State of Utah

Guido v. Utah State Fair Corporation

Slevin v. Salt Lake County Fair

ACLU of Utah comments on proposed regulations for free speech activities on Capitol Hill (10/2/06)

In a letter to UDOT, the ACLU of Utah outlines veteran’s First Amendment right to solicit support for the withdrawal of American troops in Iraq by walking the length of U.S. 89 (9/20/06) (Read UDOT’s response)

Sandy City ordinance revised to protect First Amendment rights (9/6/06)

ACLU of Utah commends Utah Senator Bob Bennett for opposing the flag desecration amendment and encourages him to remain strong in his opposition (4/26/05)

In an open letter to a state employee, the ACLU of Utah outlines her rights to hang a DRAC flag in her office space and the unconstitutionality of Utah’s Abuse of Flag statute (2/17/05)

Letters to Orem City, Riverdale, Roy City, and Weber County regarding their unconstitutional campaign sign ordinances (8/24/04)

Letter to the Salt Lake City Police Department regarding a request under the Governmental Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) (8/11/03)

The ACLU of Utah challenges fees for speaking at Virgin town council meetings (11/6/02)

ACLU of Utah Urges South Salt Lake City to Reconsider Unconstitutional Ordinance (4/26/02)

ACLU of Utah Sends Public Records Request to Get Copies of Videotapes of Olympic Legal Observers (4/4/02)

ACLU of Utah Asks Davis County to Address Searches of Legal Observers (4/3/02)

ACLU of Utah Writes Salt Lake City Council Members About Proposed Ordinance Prohibiting Masks (1/18/02)

ACLU of Utah Writes Salt Lake City Police Department and UOPSC About Legal Observers During the Winter Olympic Games (1/9/02)

ACLU of Utah Writes Farmington City About Its Proposed Ordinance for Free Expression Activities (12/7/01)

ACLU of Utah Responds to Summit County (11/30/01)

ACLU of Utah Asks Summit County to Clarify Its Free Speech Plans (10/12/01)

ACLU of Utah Comments on Salt Lake City’s Plans to Accommodate Free Speech During the Olympic Games (9/10/01)

Letter to Mayor Ross Anderson Asking for Clarification of Salt Lake City’s Proposal to Accommodate Free Speech Activities During the Olympic Games (8/10/01)

ACLU of Utah Asks the LaVerkin City Council to Repeal the United Nations Free Zone Ordinance (7/17/01)

Letter to Mayor Ross Anderson and Salt Lake City Police Chief Rick Dinse Outlining our Position on Free Speech Activities During the Olympic Games (6/4/01)

Letter to the University of Utah Requesting Information Regarding their Permit Process (10/16/00)

Legislators repeal Utah’s criminal libel and slander statutes (2007)

New law restricts free speech activities near funerals (2007)

Bill eliminates some provisions of a 2007 law that unconstitutionally restricts Internet speech (2007)

Failed bill attempted to add depictions of “inappropriate violence” in interactive video games to the definition of “material harmful to minors” (2006)

Bill sought to eliminate some provisions of a 2005 law that unconstitutionally restricts Internet speech (2006)

New law regulating Internet speech poses free speech problems (2005)

Bill would have limited demonstration and leafleting activities near health care facilities and places of worship (2005)

ACLU of Utah comments on UTOPIA (2004)

Law passed regulating Spyware software (2004)

Lawmakers consider specialty license plates (2004)

Bill would have prohibited cross burning (2004)

HB 199 “Disruption of Activities in or Near School Building” may be too vague (2004)

Bill imposes a tax on sexually explicit businesses and escort services (2004)

Bill ensures that a renter, resident of a mobile home park, or an owner of a condominium unit has the right to display the United States or Utah flag (2004)

Despite free speech concerns, lawmakers pass the Children’s Internet Protection Act (2004)

Legislation removes policy authority from library boards and places it with elected officials at the county level (2003)

Bill that would have taxed sexually oriented products and businesses fails (2003)

Law now requires that the pledge of allegiance be recited weekly at the beginning of the day in all Utah secondary schools (2003)

Legislature revisits school uniforms (2002)

Email restrictions may pose free speech concerns (2002)

Porn czar attempts to clarify Utah’s public nudity statute (2002)

Governor vetoes unconstitutional construction bill (2002)

Law limits the political ability of labor unions (2001)

Individuals granted some protections from SLAPP suits (2001)

Modifications to Utah’s criminal code threaten constitutionally protected expression (2001)

Bill attempted to regulate the intentional distribution to children of material harmful to minors via the Internet (2000)

Bill requires that the pledge of allegiance be recited at the beginning of each day in all elementary schools (2000)

Bill institutes some good procedural requirements for public schools wishing to adopt school uniform policies (2000)

Utah now has a pornography czar (2000)

“English as the Official Language of the State” fails (1999)

Anti-SLAPP suit legislation fails (1999)

English-Only law defeated (1998)

Recent Supreme Court Decision Bolsters ACLU of Utah’s Arguments in Main Street Case (July 2005)

Information About the Main Street Plaza Cases (Updated April 2005)

School Uniforms (August 2002)

Progressive News: View from the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah -- Free Speech and the Winter Olympic Games (Fall 2001)

The Olympic Committee and Trademark Infringement (November 2000)

Protest Watch: From the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization to this Year’s Political Conventions (Fall 2000)

ACLU of Utah Opposes Ballot Initiative A "English as the Official Language of Utah" (Fall 2000)

ACLU of Utah Supports Freedom of Speech for Conservative Republicans (Fall 1998)

SLAPP Suits: South Jordan Activists Face a Unique Threat to their Right to Petition the Government (Summer 1998)

Alcohol Advertising: Utah Does Not Toast the First Amendment (Summer 1998)