To the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights: I salute you......

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:patriot: This is a collection of headlines from the Center for Constitutional Rights and ACLU homepages. I don't think that the importance of the work these organizations do can be overstated.
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CCR:

Human Rights Groups Address European Parliament on Resettlement of Guantanamo Detainees Who Fear Torture in Home Countries
February 28, 2008, Brussels – Today, a representative from the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) addressed the European Parliament in Brussels at a three-hour… Read more >>


Center for Constitutional Rights Calls for End of Cuba Travel Embargo Post-Castro
February 19, 2008, New York, NY – With the stepping down of Fidel Castro, the United States must end its extreme sanctions on Cuba in favor of open dialogue that allows for the exchange of… Read more >>


CCR Challenges Racial Profiling of Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men in Post-9/11 Immigrant Detention Case at Court of Appeals
February 14, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the post-9/11 racial profiling, illegal detention and abuse of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men before the Second Circuit Court… Read more >>

http://ccrjustice.org/

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ACLU:

ACLU Condemns Bush Veto Of Intelligence Bill Preventing Torture (3/8/2008)
WASHINGTON - In a brazen move signaling a callous disregard for human rights, President Bush today vetoed the 2008 Intelligence Authorization Act largely due to a provision that would have applied the Army Field Manual (AFM) on Interrogations to all government agencies, including the CIA. The AFM, which currently applies only to the Department of Defense, prohibits specific acts of torture and abuse, including waterboarding, and specifically authorizes an array of time-tested interrogation methods. During recent congressional testimony, CIA Director Michael Hayden admitted the agency has waterboarded detainees.

International Human Rights Experts Denounce U.S. Record On Racial And Ethnic Discrimination (3/7/2008)
GENEVA -- A United Nations committee today issued a strongly worded critique of the United States' record on racial discrimination and urged the government to make sweeping reforms to policies affecting racial and ethnic minorities, women, and immigrants in this country. The American Civil Liberties Union called on the U.S. government to take vigorous steps to implement the committee's recommendations and fulfill its human rights treaty obligations.

ACLU Lawsuit Charges Grossly Inadequate Medical Care At State Prison In Nevada (3/6/2008)
ELY, NV – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit today against the director of Nevada’s Department of Corrections and other top governmental officials in Nevada for failing to rectify a pervasive pattern of grossly inadequate medical care at the Ely State Prison that creates a substantial risk of serious medical harm for each of the prison’s 1,000 inmates. The lawsuit charges that the prison lacks the most basic elements of an adequate prison health care system and deprives prisoners of the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.

Demanda legal de la ACLU denuncia pésima atención médica en prisión estatal del estado de Nevada (3/6/2008)
ELY, NEVADA – La Unión de Libertades Civiles de los Estados Unidos presentó una demanda de acción de clase contra el director del Departamento de Prisiones del estado de Nevada, así como otros funcionarios con puestos elevados en el gobierno del estado, debido a que no han corregido el problema de la pésima atención médica que impera en la Prisión Estatal de Ely, la cual crea un riesgo considerable de graves daños a la salud de los 1,000 reos de la prisión. La demanda acusa que el reclusorio no cuenta ni con los elementos más básicos de un sistema de atención médica adecuado y priva a los prisioneros de las necesidades vitales más fundamentales de una sociedad civilizada.

ACLU Asks Judge To Review Lawsuit Challenging FBI Brutality (3/5/2008)
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - The American Civil Liberties Union today will ask a federal appeals court to allow a case brought by journalists who were kicked, punched and pepper sprayed by FBI agents to move forward. The ACLU will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to reverse an earlier decision by the district court that sided with the FBI agents and ignored important constitutional issues raised by the journalists.

http://www.aclu.org/index.html

[OutNow]

1. Don't Just Admire Them, Send Them A Donation

The CCR and the ACLU are fighting like hell to save what's left of our Constitution. You can't trust the Dems when they help pass the Patriot Act, etc. etc.

So please send both groups a donation. Don't send all your cash to candidates.

BTW - I recently updated my family will to include an education trust for my grandson. Both the ACLU Foundation and CCR are also beneficiaries, along with the AFSC. Think about it - you can't take it with you. :-}