Useful Links
Organizational Links
Abell Foundation: http://www.abell.org
National NAACP: http://www.naacp.org
People for the American Way: http://www.pfaw.org
National ACLU: http://www.aclu.org
ACLU Affiliates: see national link ABA (American Bar Association) Network:http://www.abanet.org/home.html
Casa de Maryland: http://www.casademaryland.org
Equality Maryland: http://equalitymaryland.org/
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland: http://www.glccb.org/
Advocates for Self Government: http://www.self-gov.org
US Immigration and Naturalization Service: http://www.uscis.gov/
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Maryland: http://www.cairmd.org
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: http://www.adc.org
Asian American Rights: http://www.napalc.org
Mexican American Rights: http://www.maldef.org
Sikh Resources: http://www.sikhmediawatch.org
Native American Rights: http://www.narf.org
American Communication Association: http://www.americancomm.org/
Center for Democracy and Technology: http://www.cdt.org/
Freedom Magazine: http://www.freedommag.org/
American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom: http://www.ala.org/oif.html
Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech http://www.eff.org/br
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: http://www.au.org
Privacy.Org: http://www.privacy.org
National Organization for Women (NOW): http://www.now.org
ACLU GLBT Rights Campaign: http://www.aclu.org/getequal/
The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights League Foundation: http://www.naral.org
Planned Parenthood Federation of America: http://www.plannedparenthood.org
Legal Links
For legal and self-help information tailored to Maryland residents, visithttp://www.peoples-law.org, a website supported by Maryland's non-profit legal services providers, in partnership with the courts, as a service to the public.
'Lectric Law Library: http://www.lectlaw.com
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund: http://www.nowldef.com
Lawyers Commission for Civil Rights Under Law: http://www.lawyerscomm.org
Legal dot Net: http://www.legal.com
Legal Information Institute and Project Hermes: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov
NoloPress Self-Help Law Center: http://www.nolo.com
The World Wide Web Virtual Library - Law: http://vlib.org/Law.html
The WWLIA Legal Dictionary: http://www.duhaime.org/dictionary/diction.htm
Government Links
Maryland Facts: http://www.mec.state.md.us/
Congressional Record Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r104query.html
Constitution of the US: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html
Piper Resources - State Public Information in a Digital Age: http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet: http://thomas.loc.gov
Voting Links
League of Women Voters: http://www.lwv.org
Project VoteSmart: http://www.vote-smart.org
Contact Politicians
The Jefferson Project: http://solstice.stardot.com/jefferson
National Political Index: http://www.politicalindex.com
The United States Senate: http://www.senate.gov
The US House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov
Welcome to the White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov
Freedom of Expression Links
First Amendment Cyber-Tribune (FACT): http://fact.trib.comAmerican Communication Association WWW:
Free Speech Museum: http://www.spectacle.org/musm.html
The Censorship Pages: http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/index.htm
The Bill of Rights Quad: The Bill of Rights Freedom of Speech:http://classicals.com/federalist/TheBillhall/wwwboard.html
Communication322: The History and Theory of Freedom of Expression:http://www.asc.upenn.edu/courses/comm322/web.html
CDA Unconstitutional: http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/azsunrise/article.html
Freedom Magazine: Freedom of Speech at Risk:
http://www.freedommag.org/english/vol28I1/risk3.htm
First Amendment Cyber-Tribune (FACT): http://fact.trib.com
FACTNet Topics in First Amendment Rights and the Internet:
http://www.factnet.org/sites.html
Internet Resources - Free Speech and Censors
http://www.aclu.org/issues/freespeech/irfs.html
ACLU Cyber-Liberties -- Privacy and Encryption Page
http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/priv/priv.html
ACLU: Cyberliberties: http://aclu.org/issues/cyber/hmcl.html
Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech
Freedom forum: http://www.freedomforum.org
National Freedom of Information Coaliton:
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
Privacy Links
Privacy and Secrecy: http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/liberty.html#second
Project on Government: http://www.2020tech.com/maildrop/privacy.html
Privacy International: http://www.privacy.org/
Summit: http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/13223.html
Junkbusters: http://www.junkbusters.com/
Electronic Privacy Information Center: http://epic.org/
Internet Privacy Coalition: http://www.privacy.org/ipc/
Constitution and Amendment Links
US Constitution: http://usconstitution.net
Bill of Rights info:
http://aclu.org/criminaljustice/criminaljustice.cfm?ID=9620&c=15
Historical Links
Declaration of Indepedence article:http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/declaration/declaration_style.html
Thomas Paine: www.bartleby.com/133/
Federalist Papers: http://memory.loc.gov/const/fed/fedpapers.html
Frederick Douglass speech: www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927t.html
Martin Luther King - "Letter From A Birmingham Jail":cal.jmu.edu/wrigh2kr/LtrBirmingham.pdf
Wendell Phillips, abolitionist: www.libertystory.net/LSDOCPHILLIPSLOVEJOY.htm
John Quincy Adams -- opposition to gag rule on discussing slavery:www.uschs.org/04_history/subs_articles/04e_09.html
Supreme Court Links
Supreme Court Info: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Northwestern University project site, useful for news and landmark case summaries:http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Death Penalty Links
Maryland Death Penalty Information: http://www.mdcase.org/
Students Against the Death Penalty:http://www.studentsagainstthedeathpenalty.org/
Death Penalty Information Center: http://www.essential.org/dpic
UAA Jusice Center: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death
US Death Penalty Law: http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/death_penalty.html
Reproductive Rights Links
National Organization for Women (NOW): http://www.now.org
The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights League Foundation: http://www.naral.org
Planned Parenthood of America: http://www.plannedparenthood.org
National ACLU Reproductive Rights Page: http://www.aclu.org/issues/reproduct/hmrr.html
Abortion Rights - The Feminist Majority Online: http://www.feminist.org/gateway/ab_exec2.html
Center for Reproductive Rights: http://www.crlp.org/
Clinic Violence - The Feminist Majority Online: http://www.feminist.org/gateway/cv_exec2.html
Abortion Clinics Online: http://www.gynpages.com
National Reproductive Federation: http://www.prochoice.org