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> > Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings -- give us that precious jewel, and you may take every thing else! Guard with jealous attention the public liberty.
> > Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. - Patrick Henry

> Endangered civil liberties:
> Why It's Time to Support
> the Bill of Rights
> This Compilation on Civil Liberties I, v1.0
> prepared by The Global Dialog Project
> Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 27, 2002

> HTTP://www.global-dialog.org EMAIL: democracy@global-dialog.org

> Thanks to: Valerie Gremillion, Todd Hochman, Moriah Williams, Larry Wang, Gifford Phillips, Lauri Hakola and Civlib Santa Fe participants

> This report and its contents are under the copyright of their respective writers and agents – they are copied here for educational and nonprofit purposes, under Fair Use Provision 107 – please distribute widely with appropriate credit

> ## Endangered civil liberties: why it's time to support the Bill of Rights

> > "The basis of a democratic state is liberty."
> > --Aristotle

> ### TABLE OF CONTENTS

>   EDITORIAL: In Support of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights

>   The Bill of Rights - the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

> ### SECTION I: Support of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties at the local level

> - ABC News: Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure
> - Citizens Resist War on the Bill of Rights - by Nat Hentoff

>   Local efforts in defense of the Bill of Rights:

> - Nine cities have passed resolutions
> - Cities with resolutions in process
> - Resolutions by other cities:
>   - Boulder Resolution Passed on July 23, 2002
>   - Leverett Resolution
>   - Amherst Resolution Accepted April 24, 2002

> - Third draft of the proposed Santa Fe Resolution:In Support of Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights

> ### SECTION II: News and Editorials: On Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism

> - The Associated Press: How Our Rights Have Changed

> - CNN: Terror attacks change the legal rights landscape after 9/11

> - USA Today Blasts Feds' Anti-Terror Civil Liberties Violations

> - Reuters: Sept. 11 Families Criticize Bush on Civil Rights

> - What's So Patriotic About Trampling on the Bill of Rights? - Center for Constitutional Rights

> - FBI targets protest groups A conservative view.

> - Civil Disobedience Under Attack Just Dissent

> - Moving Toward A Police State (Or Have We Arrived?)- Secret Military Tribunals, Mass Arrests and Disappearances, Wiretapping & Torture - by Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights

> - Cops right to refuse cooperation by Ruben Navarrette Jr., Washington Post

> - Even terrorist suspects must have access to courts First Amendment Cyber Tribune
>   "Either due process of law, as guaranteed by the Constitution, applies to all American citizens or it applies to none. When federal authorities can -- with impunity -- deny due process to one citizen, they can deny that right to any citizen."

> - The New York Times: Secrecy is our enemy

> > > "The debate over terrorism is being framed as a trade-off between liberty and security. But protecting civil liberties can actually promote the ability of the government to defend the common good."

> ### SECTION III: In-depth Analysis of the Patriot Act

> - Layperson's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Federal Executive Orders by the Northampton Bill of Rights Defense Committee

> - Analysis of the Patriot Act by the Electronic Frontier Foundation

> - ACLU: USA Patriot Act Boosts Government Powers While Cutting Back on Traditional Checks and Balances

> > "Democracies die behind closed doors," these judges said. "When the government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation." -Judge Damon J. Keith, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.