[Peace-discuss] U-C Ban the USA Patriot Act?

[Alfred Kagan]

I think this is a great idea, and that it should be to oppose the 
whole act.  We could start with Urbana.

At 12:25 PM +0000 11/15/02, Sandra Ahten wrote:
>Some cities have passed resolutions that opposed parts of the USA 
>Patriot Act?  Should/ Could AWARE be the driving force behind this 
>happening in Urbana and Champaign?
>Sandra
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>USA Patriot Act under fire from SC City Council
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>By Halie Johnson
>The Alarm! Newspaper
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>Santa Cruz City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution 
>opposing parts of the USA PATRIOT Act. Councilmember Mark Primack 
>expressed his support for the resolution saying that parts of the 
>USA PATRIOT Act were sure to cause distrust and weaken any community 
>“from the ground up.” In adopting this resolution, Santa Cruz is 
>joining 13 other cities across the country that voiced their 
>opposition to the Federal Government’s sweeping “anti-terrorist” 
>legislation. It was said that twenty-two other cities are currently 
>considering similar resolutions.
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>In short, the resolution affirms City Council’s opposition to those 
>parts of the USA PATRIOT Act and certain Justice Department 
>directives and executive orders that weaken or destroy civil rights 
>and liberties.  The resolution calls for the protection of those 
>rights contained in the Constitution. The resolution also requests 
>that Congress “monitor the implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act, 
>directives from Attorney John Ashcroft, and executive orders cited 
>herein and actively work for the repeal of those parts of the USA 
>PATRIOT Act and the withdrawal of those Justice Department 
>directives and executive orders that violate fundamental rights and 
>liberties.”
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>Members of the public spoke mostly in favor of the resolution; many 
>applauded City Council for what they saw as a bold statement. Others 
>complained that Council should not be investing energy in adopting a 
>“foreign policy,” but should be making local issues top priority.
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>The Mayor will send a copy of the resolution to President Bush, 
>local Congressional representatives and the UN High Commissioner for 
>Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
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>To view the USA PATRIOT Act in it’s entirety go to 
>http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html or 
>http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/lawsregs/patriot.pdf. To contact 
>Santa Cruz City Council email, citycouncil at ci.santa-cruz.ca.us or 
>call (831) 420-5020.
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Al Kagan
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