from the Center for Constitutional Rights: >As we reach the 100th day of President Obama's first term, it is time to >examine and assess what progress has been made toward restoring the >Constitution - and where the Obama administration has failed to protect civil >liberties and other human rights. The Center for Constitutional Rights has >released an analysis and report card on the first 100 days of the Obama >administration and calls for action to make real change. [See >http://ccrjustice.org/100daysassessment]
> The first 100 days of the Obama administration presented a historic > opportunity to restore the Constitution after the Bush administration's > systematic attempts to dismantle it, right by right, while ignoring > international human rights standards. As we measured the Obama presidency > against our 100 Days campaign goals, we found that in many areas of critical > importance, including human rights, torture, rendition, secrecy and > surveillance, despite several strong steps, the Obama presidency has failed > to live up to its promises. > How the Obama administration handles these critical questions is the key to > the success or failure of this presidency - and the central question > confronting President Obama today is that of accountability and prosecutions > for Bush administration officials. Click here > [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/4087/letter/?letter_KEY=1137] to > write a letter to the editor discussing President Obama's first 100 days and > calling for accountability and prosecutions. The promises of the Obama > presidency may yet be fulfilled - but accountability is a necessity to truly > establish transparency, openness and meaningful change and to provide hope to > the victims and survivors of torture, the people of the United States and the > world.< -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
