Civil Rights - Post 9/11 Forum

Four panels addressed Civil Rights and the Patriot Act

  Links.  Panelists.  LWV Statements.

The public forum sponsored by the Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County, CA was held on June 7, 2003 with an overflow crowd.

Pre-event flyer(in PDF)       Post-event Press release

Four panels addressed these topics (click icon to view online). [Download the free RealOne Player]

1. What are the new real security concerns post 9/11?
2. What have been the responses of our federal and state governments to these concerns
3. How have post-9/11 government actions affected citizens and non-citizens?
4. What is the role of the courts in the protection of personal Civil Rights?

Thanks to the California Channel for processing and storing the digital form for online viewing.

Thanks to KMVT for videotaping the event.

Links to other sources mentioned by panelists

• Full text of the Patriot Act as passed by Congress on October 25, 2001. Public Law No: 107-56
• Special Reports from the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Justice. Includes The September 11 Detainees: A Review of the Treatment of Aliens Held on Immigration Charges in Connection with the Investigation of the September 11 Attacks (June 2003).
• Patriot Act II -- full text available from the Center for Public Integrity. Also includes Justice Department's response to this report.
• The New FBI: Protecting Americans Against Terrorism. Speech by FBI Director Robert Mueller to the ACLU on June 13, 2003

Panelists (with Web sites as available)

• Congresswoman Anna Eshoo - CD 14, member of the Congressional Select Committee for Intelligence
• Michael Fox - national airport security measures
• Chief William Lansdowne - San Jose Police Department
• Laura Donohue, Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation
• Mary Marsh, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Banafsheh Akhlaghi, attorney handling detention issues
• Robin Goldfaden, attorney with the ACLU Immigrant Rights Project
• Bart Charlow, Executive Director, National Conference for Community and Justice
• Helal Omeira, Executive Director, S.F. Bay Area Council for American-Islamic Relations
• George Harris, attorney, Morrison and Foerster
• Deborah Pearlstein, attorney, Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP
• Margaret Russell (moderator), professor of constitutional law, Santa Clara University

LWV Statements on Civil Liberties

• LWV California Convention resolution on Civil Liberties. May 18, 2003

• Letter to U.S. Senate from the President of the League of Women Voters of the United States. July 10, 2003

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