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

[Carol Inskeep]

although we didn't get to this at last night's meeting, i still think this
is a really good idea.  let's not let it drop...

c




On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, 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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