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1984 in 2003?: Fears about the Patriot Act are misguided.
Has the war on terrorism become a war on Americans' civil liberties? A coalition of left- and right-wing groups fears so, and has been working hard to restrain the law-and-order impulses of the Bush administration. It's a coalition that includes the ACLU and the American Conservative Union, Nat Hentoff and William Safire, John Conyers and Dick Armey.
The coalition started to form in 1996, when Congress passed an anti- terrorism bill. But it really took off after September 11. Members of the coalition believe that Washington's legislative response -- called, rather ludicrously, the "USA Patriot Act," an acronym for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing ...
- Why civil libertarians are uneasy.(COMMENTARY)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 12, 2002 700+ words
...that "Knowledge Is Power," civil libertarians, not surprisingly, are exercised...grievances: c The U.S.A. Patriot Act: Ordinarily, advance judicial...expanded executive power remind civil libertarians that President Bush is an honorable...
- Davis' security proposals draw fire from civil libertarians.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Levey, Noam January 8, 2002 700+ words
...governor's proposal is already drawing intense criticism from civil libertarians and some powerful lawmakers, including Senate President...fall that expanded federal wiretapping as part of the "Patriot Act" championed by President Bush. And it would parallel efforts...
- Strange bedfellows: conservative civil libertarians join the fight.(Special...
- Magazine article from: The American Prospect Tomasky, Michael September 1, 2003 700+ words
...potential dangers and ambiguities of the USA PATRIOT Act, passed overwhelmingly by Congress...jeopardy. They say the anti-terrorist PATRIOT Act passed after 9/11 does not apply to...liberties. Though he voted for the PATRIOT Act--after the Bush administration agreed...
- Civil libertarians take on campus 'free-speech zones'.(NATION)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 26, 2002 700+ words
...tiny designated areas on campus has come under attack by civil libertarians who say the policy violates First Amendment rights. The...and that makes them look foolish in the long run." Civil libertarians and some educators argue that the policy at WVU and ones...
- FED: Civil libertarians warn on terror
- Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia) August 5, 2009 700+ words
AAP General News (Australia) 08-05-2009 FED: Civil libertarians warn on terror Civil libertarians are warning against a replay of the MOHAMED HANEEF scandal as police continue to hold three Melbourne terrorism suspects. Melbourne magistrate...
- Unions, Civil Libertarians and Bureaucrats.(Media&Society)(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) May 14, 2001 700+ words
...Board of Ed bureaucrats, the teachers' union and the civil libertarians who decry any kind of police authority. Edward Stancik...people like Mr. McFarlane never receive a union card? The civil libertarians' position is that the police have no place in the schools...
- FED: Civil libertarians warn on terrorism
- Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia) August 5, 2009 700+ words
AAP General News (Australia) 08-05-2009 FED: Civil libertarians warn on terrorism CANBERRA, Aug 5 AAP - Civil libertarians are warning against a replay of the Mohammed Haneef scandal as three Melbourne terrorism suspects remain in police...
- NSW: Bikie laws creating hysteria, says civil libertarians
- Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia) July 10, 2009 700+ words
...10-2009 NSW: Bikie laws creating hysteria, says civil libertarians SYDNEY, July 10 AAP - Laws that allow bikie gangs to...unnecessary hysteria and affecting employment prospects, civil libertarians say. South Australia and NSW have already enacted laws...