“Constitution in Crisis: October Newsletter” @ BORDC
Posted on October 17, 2012
From Bill of Rights Defense Committee:
In this issue:
US Supreme Court slated to tackle civil liberties in 2012
- BORDC welcomes new Communications and Development Assistant
- BORDC in the news
- Read the latest news & analysis from the People’s Blog for the Constitution
- Recent Events
- October Patriot Award: Loan Tran
- Grassroots Updates
- Berkeley, CA: Coalition celebrates groundbreaking policy victory, plans for more
- Tacoma, WA: Occupy Tacoma wins Bill of Rights award on one year anniversary
- Seattle, WA: Working Rights Group to hold two-day seminar
- Los Angeles, LA: Coalitions challenging NDAA, and LAPD spying, convene to plan next steps
- Fayetteville, AR: Community partners building coalition against racial profiling
- Chicago, IL: Diverse communities convene to discuss coalition opportunities
- Charlotte, NC: Local activists challenge police abuses
- New York, NY: City Council hearings underway on proposed Community Safety Act
- Albany, NY: Event planned to launch report on “the New Jim Crow”
- Hartford, CT: Coalition to Stop Indefinite Detention to host northeast regional conference
- Fusion centers: a federal assault on privacy vs. a local reform model
- Due process under assault on all sides: the NDAA, Omar Khadr, Abdullah al-Kidd, and you
- What’s really at stake in the cybersecurity debate?
- Stop and frisk, and beyond
- Judge dismisses ACLU lawsuit seeking information about ethnic profiling mandated by FBI
