Bill of Rights Day - December 15th
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Materials
Copies of the Constitution
- District Office of your Congressional representative: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress
- Check with your local library: http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
- Download a copy:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html
Films and Videos
- BORDC documentary list
- FBI Unbound: How National Security Letters Violate Our Privacy, a 26-minute video that can be shown at house parties, public forums, in schools, on public access television, or viewed on YouTube.
- ACLU video Stop the Abuse of Power
- House Party Toolkit
- Road to Guantánamo
- Children of the Camps
- Good Night and Good Luck
- Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the War on Terror
Public Service Announcements
BORDC has written several announcements to call attention to Bill of Rights Day and post-9/11 deprivations of essential liberties. (Click for those and more Media Resources)
Boise's Gwen Sanchirico has recorded Bill of Rights Day Public Service Announcements. Listen to them here. Send them along to your local radio station.
Fliers and Other Materials
- Bill of Rights Bookmarks (6 per page) (PDF) Spanish version (PDF), Source: BORDC
- Your Legal Rights Have Changed (PDF)
- The "Protect America Act" and Your Freedoms
- Domestic Eavesdropping in America
- Bring Back Habeas Corpus
- National Security Letter Abuses
- A Brief History of National Security Letters
- National Security Letters: Frequently Asked Questions
- Stand Up for Your Rights Flier (PDF) Source: San Anselmo
- Bill of Rights Brochure (PDF), Source: Lane County BORDC
- Eroding Liberty (PDF), Source: ACLU of Northern California
- Give Me Liberty Brochure (PDF), Source: Lane County BORDC
- Speech by Richard A. Hesse, Professor of Law Emeritus: The Living Constitution: Does it Work in Modern Times?
- Order copies of Rights Matter: The Story of the Bill of Rights (70 page book, $2 each):
- ACLU of Massachusetts
211 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-3170 ext. 314
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