BORDC Releases March Newsletter: Constitution in Crisis
Posted on March 15, 2012
March 2012, Vol. 11, No. 3
In this issue:
Transpartisan movement gains momentum to stop domestic military detention under the NDAA
BORDC News
- Vote for BORDC on the CREDO donation ballot!
- Audiences from Connecticut to Texas welcome BORDC’s Shahid Buttar
- BORDC in the news
- Get the latest news and information on our blog
Grassroots News
- Patriot Award: Nicholas Merrill
- Amherst, MA: Preserving Our Civil Rights Campaign hits the streets
- Hartford, CT: Coalition participates in hearing on anti-racial profiling bill
- New York: Resolutions against the NDAA moving forward in New York City and Albany
- Asheville, NC: Public education events include art exhibit and trivia night
- Miami, FL: Broad coalition launches local anti-NDAA campaign
- San Francisco, CA: Board of Supervisors considers reforms to restore local and state protections from unchecked surveillance
- Berkeley, CA: Local Commission approves due process resolution
Law and Policy
- DHS exposed: Wikileaks documents reveal spying on Occupy movement
- Surveillance drones coming to local police departments
- The NYPD’s civil rights record worsens: Department spied on Muslim students throughout the northeast
- Attorney General defends assassination without trial of US citizen
New Resources and Opportunities
- Book Review: Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law, Plotted to Avoid Prosecution—and What We Can Do about It by Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia L. Cooper
- April 16-20: National End Racial Profiling Advocacy Week
- May 4-6: National convening in Chicago for local civil rights activist
Read more at BORDC.
