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ACLU Fact Sheet on the Proposed Victims' Rights Amendment (04/03/2003)

Sign-on Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Feeney Amendment to Child Abduction Bill, H.R. 1104 (03/26/2003)

Letter to the House Opposing H. R. 1104, the Child Abduction Prevention Act (03/26/2003)

Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the PROTECT Act (S. 151) and the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act (S. 153) (01/30/2003)

How the USA PATRIOT Act redefines "Domestic Terrorism" (12/06/2002)

Attorney General John Ashcroft's Assault on Civil Liberties (Updated September 2003) (10/30/2002)

Interested Persons Memo: Analysis of Changes to Attorney General Guidelines (06/06/2002)
On May 30, 2002, Attorney General Ashcroft released new Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigations. Sweeping away protections that have been in place since the 1970s, the new Guidelines allow the government to spy on domestic groups even when there is no suspicion of wrongdoing.

Interested Persons Memo: Brief Analysis of Proposed Changes to Attorney General Guidelines (05/30/2002)

Interested Persons Memo on Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Policy (05/21/2002)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to H.R. 3129, "The Customs Border Security Act of 2001" (05/21/2002)

Sign-on Letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime Chair Lamar Smith, Urging Opposition to H.R. 4689, the "Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2002" (05/14/2002)

Sign on Letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution on the Victim's Rights Amendment (05/09/2002)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Tim Edgar on S. 1749, The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration (04/12/2002)

Coalition Letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission on the Disparity of Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing (04/04/2002)

Testimony of National Capital Area Executive Director Johnny Barnes on DC Surveillance Cameras Before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (03/22/2002)