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In this commentary, Jon Pincus highlights the importance of social
networks in the fight to protect and restore constitutional rights and
civil liberties. He specifically points out how well social network
activism complements on-the-ground activism like our local ordinance campaign.
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Bill of Rights Defense Committee
A few weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected an opportunity to place crucial limits on the PATRIOT Act and other domestic spying authorities.
The House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman John Conyers (D-MI),
still has a chance to protect Americans’ rights. The House is our last
chance to change the debate... over PATRIOT Act reauthorizations. Call your representatives today!
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A few weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected an opportunity to place crucial limits on the PATRIOT Act and other domestic spying authorities. These limits, proposed in the JUSTICE Act ...
Bill of Rights Defense Committee BORDC Executive Director Shahid Buttar appeared on the Waking Up Orwell radio show this morning and talked about government transparency and BORDC's model ordinances. Listen to the interview below.
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The Bill of Rights Defense Committee BORDC wasted no time developing a plan for local government to push back against unconstitutional compliance requirements in the PATRIOT Act. BORDCs National Director ...
Bill of Rights Defense Committee Hot off the presses: BORDC's October newsletter.
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Lisa Graves Joins BORDC Advisory Board; BORDC Issues Privacy Report Card for EPIC Panel; Welcome Interns Andrea Flores and Heather Marlowe; Buttar Speaks at AU’s Public Anthropology Conference
Bill of Rights Defense Committee Your community can do what the federal government won't: protect the fundamental rights of law-abiding Americans and hold government officials responsible for torture. We've just released two model ordinances for consideration by local governments: one on surveillance, racial profiling, and immigration; and a second on torture accountability.
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These pieces of model legislation provide opportunities for individual municipalities to do what the federal government has not: protect the liberty and privacy of law-abiding Americans, and hold government officials responsible for authorizing or committing torture. Each model can be modified to s...
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Watch the Senate Judiciary Committee markup of PATRIOT Act reform legislation--going on live right now. http://judiciary.senate.gov/webcast/live
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Bill of Rights Defense Committee
BORDC Executive Director Shahid Buttar recently recorded this commentary for GRITtv with Laura Flanders. It aired Tuesday in New York City and yesterday around the country. http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/200
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Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will complete its markup of the USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act and vote on the bill. Call your senators today and ask them to vote for any amendments that would add JUSTICE Act provisions--especially limits on national security letters and bulk data collection--to the bill.... http://hq-salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/
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Bill of Rights Defense Committee The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin considering the JUSTICE Act and the USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act today at 11 AM EDT. Watch the live webcast and join a discussion with others on Facebook .
11:00 a.m. Eastern, 8:00 Pacific
Time:11:00AM Thursday, October 1st
Bill of Rights Defense Committee This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be considering reforms to the PATRIOT Act. Call your senators today and ask them to protect the liberty and privacy of law-abiding Americans by supporting the JUSTICE Act.
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In the past few weeks, two bills emerged from the Senate Judiciary Committee that would reauthorize some provisions of the PATRIOT Act set to expire this year, while instituting long overdue limits on ...