[Peace] Civil Liberties Update

[Stuart Laird]

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>From: Edwin Yohnka <eyohnka at aclu-il.org>
>To: Board of Directors <Board at aclu-il.org>, Chapters
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>Cc: Colleen Connell <cconnell at aclu-il.org>
>Subject: Update -- Friday morning, October 12, 2001
>Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:13:29 -0500
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>         It's buried in the newspapers this morning (so you may have 
> missed it), but the U.S. Senate adopted their version of the 
> "anti-terrorism" bill by a vote of 99 to 1.  Wisconsin Senator Russ 
> Feingold was the only member who voted against the measure, arguing that 
> the provisions gives too much authority to law enforcement and is too 
> intrusive.  You can read about the specifics of the Senate proposal at 
> <http://www.msnbc.com/news/635975.asp?0dm=C219N>http://www.msnbc.com/news/635975.asp?0dm=C219N. 
>
>
>         On the local level, there are two interesting updates this 
> morning.  First, you will recall our message of earlier this week 
> regarding the decision by the General Services Administration to close 
> the federal plaza here in Chicago to all demonstrations through the end 
> of the year.  In that story, Legal Director Harvey Grossman expressed the 
> ACLU's concern about the federal plaza being a central location for 
> expression of political views and noted how important the ability to 
> express such views is at a time such as this.  This morning's Chicago 
> Tribune contains an editorial on this subject.   It concludes with this 
> thought: "If the GSA can make the case that denying permits for political 
> demonstrations is an important step toward meeting these goals 
> (protecting the health and lives of federal workers), reasonable people 
> would accept the policy.  But the case is yet to be made."  You can read 
> the editorial in its entirety at 
> <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0110120032oct12.story?coll=chi%2Dnewsopinion%2Dhed>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0110120032oct12.story?coll=chi%2Dnewsopinion%2Dhed.
>
>         Finally, we mentioned some time ago that we anticipate an 
> anti-terrorism bill will be introduced here in Illinois, perhaps as early 
> as the veto session in November.  Further evidence of that prediction, as 
> well as some detail on the Illinois proposals from Attorney General Jim 
> Ryan, can be found in a colum in this morning's Chicago Sun Times.  You 
> can find that column at 
> <http://www.suntimes.com/output/neal/cst-edt-neal121.html>http://www.suntimes.com/output/neal/cst-edt-neal121.html.
>
>Ed
>
>Edwin C. Yohnka
>Director of Communications
>American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
>180 North Michigan Avenue
>Chicago, IL  60601
>Phone: 312-201-9740, ext. 305
>Fax:     312-201-9760
>Pager:  312-851-2832
>Email:   eyohnka at aclu-il.org


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