Congratulations to this week's communities

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Cities are instructing city law enforcement officials to refuse to follow any orders by state or federal agents that appear to violate the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights.

We support repeal of parts of the USA PATRIOT Act, Homeland Security Act, and Executive Orders that infringe on Constitutional rights. This web site documents and supports local efforts to restore civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution, which have been threatened by the Act and Orders. http://www.bordc.org/

26 cities and towns have passed resolutions protecting the civil liberties of their 3,407,756 residents.
Many more are in progress.

Congratulations to this week's communities:
Mansfield, Connecticut
Montpelier, Vermont
Arcata, California

Arcata, California Arcata, California City Council voted on January 15, 2003, to pass a Resolution to Defend the Bill of Rights and Civil Liberties. Mayor Bob Ornelas opened the council session with a moment of silence commemorating Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 74th birthday before the council considered the resolution, drafted and introduced by recently elected council member Dave Meserve. Passed by a vote of 3 to 0 with one abstention and one absence, the resolution identifies and condemns the unconstitutional provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and other Homeland Security legislation. Humboldt Bay Veterans For Peace Chapter 56, of which Dave Meserve is an associate member, formally endorsed the resolution, and several of the group's members gave impassioned testimony during the public comment session of last night's city council meeting. The resolution denouncing the USA PATRIOT Act is intended to serve as the basis for a subsequent ordinance that would explicitly instruct city law enforcement officials to refuse to follow any orders by state or federal agents that appear to violate the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights. Instead, local officials would be required to notify the mayor, the city manager and city attorney, giving the city the power to weigh the constitutionality of such orders and the ramifications of following or not following them.

All across the country people are standing up against the Patriot Act, here is a story from yesterday.

Capitol rally slams Patriot Act as contrary to the Constitution
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jan/01192003/utah/21609.asp

Also see

Cities Pass Civil Liberties Resolutions

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030110/ap_on_re_us/rights_resolutions_1

 

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