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Endangered civil liberties: why it's time to support the Bill of Rights Compilation on Civil Liberties I, v1.0
Prepared by The Global Dialog Project
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover page, Table of Contents page, and section dividers are all here
- EDITORIAL: In Support of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights - the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
SECTION I: Support of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties at the local level
- ABC News: Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure
- Citizens Resist War on the Bill of Rights - by Nat Hentoff
- 65 cities have passed resolutions defending and supporting the Bill of Rights against the PATRIOT Act- Santa Fe was 13th!
SECTION II: News and Editorials: On Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism
- on February 7, a report was leaked from the Justice Department that proposed an Expansion of the USA PATRIOT Act, the so-called Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003. For information and draft legislation, see
- a report by the Center for Public Integrity,
- the ACLU's analysis of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 AKA PATRIOT II),
- and Patriot II: The Sequel Why It's Even Scarier than the First Patriot Act.
- The Associated Press: How Our Rights Have Changed
- CNN: Terror attacks change the legal rights landscape after 9/11
- USA Today Blasts Feds' Anti-Terror Civil Liberties Violations
- Reuters: Sept. 11 Families Criticize Bush on Civil Rights
- What's So Patriotic About Trampling on the Bill of Rights? - Center for Constitutional Rights
- FBI targets protest groups A conservative view.
- Civil Disobedience Under Attack Just Dissent
- Moving Toward A Police State (Or Have We Arrived?)- Secret Military Tribunals, Mass Arrests and Disappearances, Wiretapping & Torture - by Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights
- Cops right to refuse cooperation by Ruben Navarrette Jr., Washington Post
- Even terrorist suspects must have access to courts First Amendment Cyber Tribune
"Either due process of law, as guaranteed by the Constitution, applies to all American citizens or it applies to none. When federal authorities can -- with impunity -- deny due process to one citizen, they can deny that right to any citizen."- The New York Times: Secrecy is our enemy
"The debate over terrorism is being framed as a trade-off between liberty and security. But protecting civil liberties can actually promote the ability of the government to defend the common good."
SECTION III: In-depth Analysis of the Patriot Act
- Layperson's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Federal Executive Orders by the Northampton Bill of Rights Defense Committee
- Analysis of the Patriot Act by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- ACLU: USA Patriot Act Boosts Government Powers While Cutting Back on Traditional Checks and Balances
"Democracies die behind closed doors," these judges said. "When the government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation." -Judge Damon J. Keith, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
SECTION IV: Online Reference Materials
- The Bill of Rights - the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- Text of the Patriot Act
- Compilation of U.S. Anti-terrorism laws by the Legal Education Network
- Legislation related to the attack of September 11,2001