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WASHINGTON, DC – Thousands of Americans are storming Capitol Hill to participate in a ‘Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice’ to rally and then call on Congress to restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, end torture and rendition and restore our constitutional rights. Activists from all fifty states will gather at Upper Senate Park on June 26, 2007 and deliver tens of thousands of signatures to Congress, urging the restoration of our rights.

What:           Rally and Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice

Who:           Senator Ben Cardin
                    Senator Chris Dodd
                    Senator Tom Harkin
                    Senator Patrick Leahy
                    Representative John Conyers
                    Representative Dennis Kucinich
                    Representative Jerrold Nadler

                    Greg Proops of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
                     Reverend Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus    

                    Anthony Romero of the American Civil Liberties Union
                    Larry Cox of Amnesty International USA
                    David Keene of the American Conservative Union
                    Wade Henderson of LCCR
                    Rich Kilmer of NRCAT
                    Sister Diana Ortiz of TASSC, a torture survivor

                    Reverend Dr. Charles E. Gutenson
                    Dr. Ingrid Matson of Islamic Society of North America
                    Rabbi Garry Serotta of Temple Shalom
                    Bishop Walter Sullivan

                    More than 50 other organizations
                    Thousands of Americans from across the country

When:          Tuesday, June 26, 2007 
                     Rally from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Where:        Upper Senate Park (Constitution Ave. between New Jersey and Delaware Avenues, NE), Washington, DC

The event is being sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International (USA), the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.

For nearly seven years, the Bush administration has torn down our fundamental rights and freedoms – from the suspension of habeas corpus and due process, to shameful acts of torture, CIA kidnappings and secret prison programs. And on June 26, the American people will stand up in Washington, and demand those rights and freedoms be restored.

June 26 will mark the first time in the ACLU’s 87-year history the organization has convened a national event of this type.

For more information on the Day of Action, visit
http://www.juneaction.org