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UPCOMING
EVENTS May 8 -
Annual Bill of Rights Celebration with Daniel Ellsberg
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June 8 to 10 -
ACLU National Membership in Washington, D.C. All ACLU members are invited and encouraged to take part! Amazing speakers and workshops.
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MEMBER PROFILES
"Norman Rockwell gets me to renew my ALCU membership every year. He manages this trick from the grave because he painted 'Freedom of Speech,' illustrating one of the Four Freedoms President Roosevelt spoke about in 1941."
PATRICK DE FREITAS
Salt Lake City
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Since 2001, the national ACLU and
its state affiliates have creatively and persistently worked to ensure
that President Bush and his administration do not go unchallenged in their
efforts to use the war against terrorism as an excuse for weakening our
constitutional protections.
Read about the national ACLU’s work on post-9/11 issues >>
ACLU of Utah Marks Six-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
JAN 12, 2008 - As part of a nationwide campaign to call on the U.S. government to close the ignominious detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the ACLU of Utah hosted a very well-attended candlelight vigil on January 11, and will be presenting a film screening on the topic on January 30.
Press Releases
“Torture and the Rule of Law: Three Narratives About Abu Ghraib,” A Presentation by the Director of the ACLU’s National Security Project (9/20/07)
The Constitutional Law Section of the Utah State Bar and the ACLU of Utah Present a CLE by Jameel Jaffer Titled:
“Foreign Intelligence Surveillance: From the 1976 Church Committee to the 2007 Protect America Act”(9/1/07)
ACLU delivers Patriot Act reform petition to Congressman Bishop (10/6/05)
Senator
Hatch hears concerns about post-9/11 government actions from across the
political spectrum as judiciary committee convenes in Utah (4/16/04)
Federal
Senate Judiciary Committee comes to town; ACLU calls on Chairman Hatch
to keep America safe and free (4/12/04)
University
of Utah Daily Chronicle articles on Student Week of Action to Oppose the
PATRIOT Act (11/6/03)
ACLU launches latest “Safe and Free”
ads in Utah, urges senators to end sneak and peek searches (9/17/03)
The Ashcroft Patriot Act Roadshow
hits Salt Lake City (8/23/03)
Attorney General Ashcroft in
Salt Lake City on Monday, August 25th (8/22/03)
Legal Advocacy and Policy Work
ACLU of Utah thanks Senator Hatch for standing up to White House
and urges him to continue investigating NSA wiretapping program (7/18/07)
Citing
new documents revealing the high costs for Utah’s implementation
of the Real ID Act, the ACLU of Utah calls on state lawmakers to
pass a resolution urging Congress to amend the Act (1/12/06)
ACLU of Utah urges Congressman Rob Bishop to support the Senate version
of the PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill and to reject the House version (9/6/05)
Response to follow-up questions
from Senator Orrin Hatch on the Salt Lake City field hearing,“Preventing
and Responding to Acts of Terrorism: A Review of Current Law,”
held on April 14, 2004 (5/15/04)
Testimony on “Preventing
and Responding to Acts of Terrorism: A Review of Current Law”
before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (4/14/04)
Letter to the MATRIX oversight committee
appointed by Governor Walker requesting that it recommend Utah’s withdrawal
from the MATRIX program (3/19/04)
Formal request pursuant
to the Utah Government Records and Management Act (GRAMA) to allow inspection
and copying of the public records held by the Utah Department of Public
Safety regarding the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange
(MATRIX) (11/18/03)
Letter to the Salt
Lake City Police Department regarding a request under the Governmental
Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) (8/11/03)
From Our Legislative Reports
Two Bills Attempted to Limit Utah’s
Participation in MATRIX (2004)
Lawmakers Consider But Do Not Pass a
Resolution Reaffirming the State of Utah’s Commitment to the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights (2004)
Resolution Reaffirming Protection
of Liberties and Civil Rights of Citizens of Utah Fails (2003)
Two Bills Broaden the Definition
of Terrorist (2002)
Resources
For Students: 7 Ways to Stand Up for Freedom and Oppose the PATRIOT Act (October 2003)
USA PATRIOT Act for Campuses: A Guide to Issues Within the PATRIOT Act that Directly Affect Campus Life (October 2003)
Model Local Resolution to Protect Civil
Liberties (October 2003)
USA PATRIOT Act Business Fact Sheet (October 2003)
Articles
ACLU
More Relevant Than Ever (Winter 2004)
Precarious Times for Civil Liberties (Fall 2003)
Principles, Power and the USA PATRIOT Act (Fall 2003)
The Administration’s Campaign to “Sell”
the USA PATRIOT Act (Fall 2003)
PATRIOT Act II: Waiting in the Wings (Fall 2003)
Airline Passenger Profiling: Back to the Drawing Board
Again (Fall 2003)
Support
New Legislation to Fix the PATRIOT Act Abuses (Fall 2003)
Catalyst Magazine: Principles, Power and the USA PATRIOT Act (September 2003)
ACLU Challenges New Police Powers (Winter 2002)
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