Ask her. I suspect she means all of the above - and she'd be right about that. They're all civil rights issues, including Ashcroft's new push for secret subpoena powers, something a Minneapolis Civil Rights Director will have to monitor closely, perhaps openly oppose.
Andy Driscoll Saint Paul -- on 5/24/04 12:12 AM, Neal Krasnoff wrote: > On 5/23/04 8:15 PM, "List Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Soon-to-be city Civil Rights director interviewed by the Strib: >> >> http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4791698.html >> > > "We're just at such a critical juncture as a society, and we need to look > again at what role can we play to ensure that rights are protected," she > said. "I just find it unconscionable that people are now trying to use the > Constitution to limit rights when that has been the document that has always > been used to increase the rights for all of the citizens, and now we want to > use that to restrict the rights of citizens." > > What exactly is she referring to? The Patriot Act or "same sex marriage"? > The United States or the Minnesota Constitutions? > > Neal Krasnoff > Loring Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
