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Focuses on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that the U.S. Congress acted within its authority in writing a law that required libraries and schools to install filtering software on their computer terminals in order to shield students from online pornography. Claims of the American Library Association and the American Civil Liberties Union against the law; Overview of the filtering law; Other laws passed by the Congress to regulate content transmission on the Internet.

The article report that the U.S. Congress has passed House bill HR 5175 that requires wider disclosure of campaign financing. Barely passing in a narrow House vote, the passage of the bill intends to impose stricter disclosure rules on campaign advertising by corporations, unions, and other independent organizations. The piece of legislation was created as a means to temper the impact of a Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations free-speech rights and the right to provide funds on political campaigns.

Reports on the approval of a resolution by the U.S. House that proposes constitutional amendment to allow Congress to ban flag burning. Expectations on the Senate's passage of the amendment; Decision made by the Supreme Court on the case of a man convicted for burning a flag; Motions by Mississippi Democrat Gene Taylor that Republicans turned aside.

Reports on the United States Supreme Court's ruling on the use of federal courts for employee discrimination-related lawsuits under the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act on February 21, 2001. Changes in a portion of the disability law; Significance of the decision; Reaction from Congress.

Focuses on the impact of the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court ruling on the case U.S. v. Morrison to the power of the U.S. Congress. Analysis on the ruling; Issue in contest on the case; Law enacted by the U.S. Congress which was contested in the law.