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ACLU Letter to the House of Representatives Urging Cosponsorship of The Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act (03/05/2007)

Department of Homeland Security Minimum Standards for Driver’s licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes (03/01/2007)

Sign on Letter to Senator Leahy and Senator Specter Opposing Proposed Amendment S. 236 Which Criminalizes Disclosure of Communications Intelligence Collection and Processing Methods (02/27/2007)

TEN STEPS TO RESTORE THE UNITED STATES’ MORAL AUTHORITY (02/22/2007)
Over the last several years, the moral authority of the United States has been undermined by the federal government’s unprecedented and illegal assertion of authority to subject detainees to abusive interrogations, indefinite detention without charge – often in secret locations – and rendition to torture. The last Congress and the Supreme Court took some important steps to right these wrongs (with the passage of the McCain amendment and the Supreme Court’s rulings in the cases of Rasul and Hamdan). But much remains to be done to restore America’s reputation as a champion of human rights and the rule of law.

Memo Reviewing the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 by the Harvard Law School National Security Research Group (02/19/2007)
This Memorandum will present the findings of the Harvard Law School National Security Research Group’s review of the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007, a bill that was introduced by Senator Dodd on February 13, 2007. The Memorandum is intended to facilitate intelligent discussion of the Bill and of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. To that end, the National Security Research Group, a non-partisan student organization, surveyed each section of the Bill and recorded the important features in this report. The first section of this Memorandum is organized topically and summarizes the main provisions of the Bill. The second section is organized according to the order of the Bill’s provisions and discusses each section of the Bill in detail. The Memorandum does not express any opinion with respect to the wisdom of the changes proposed in the Bill.

Statement of Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, on the Freedom of Information Act Before the House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives (02/14/2007)

The 2007 State of Civil Liberties in America (01/22/2007)
America is in a state of constitutional crisis engendered by the president's unprecedented expansion of executive power. The crisis is exacerbated by the 109th Congress's failure to carry out its constitutionally mandated role to act as a check on the executive.

Letter from Attorney General Gonzales to the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's Authorization of the President's Wiretapping Program (01/17/2007)

Executive Director Anthony D. Romero's Remarks Regarding the ACLU's Priorities for the 110th Congress (01/09/2007)

Washington Legislative Director, Caroline Fredrickson's Remarks Regarding the ACLU's Priorities for the 110th Congress (01/09/2007)