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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n713/a06.html
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Pubdate: Wed, 10 Apr 2002
Source: Fort Morgan Times, The (CO)
Copyright: 2002 The Fort Morgan Times
Contact: http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/Stories/0,1002,8356,00.html
Website: http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2115

A VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH

Call it a victory for the First Amendment.  Call it a victory for bookstores and libraries.

But most importantly, call it a victory for the people and the assurance of their freedom to read what they want without concern that Big Brother or Big Government is watching over their shoulders.

The victory came in the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling Monday that the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver does not have to turn over sales records to a police agency to aid in a drug investigation.

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MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager

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