The Santa Fe City Council passed the Resolution In Support of the Bill of Rights and Ci vil Liberties for Santa Feans late Wednesday night in a 7-1 vote. Despite the late hour, fifteen or more people, including Executive Director of the New Mexico ACLU Peter Simonson, spoke in favor of the Resolution, while no one except City Councilor David Pfeffer spoke against it. Pfeffer said that it was not the place of the council to address national issues.

Councilors Bushee, Coss, and Heldmeyer joined initial Resolution sponsors Matt Ortiz and Miguel Chavez in sponsoring the resolution, and Councilors Lopez and Wurzburger helped to pass it.

Councilor Ortiz stressed the positive action the Resolution would engender, including the opening of public dialog between citizens, elected officials, and law enforcement on issues of civil liberties and security.

"The rights of all men are diminshed if the rights of any man are denied."       -John F. Kennedy Real patriotism defends and supports not just the symbols, but the founding principles our forefathers fought and died for: those rights granted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. To remove these freedoms can only lead us away from democracy and our foundations as a nation of liberty and justice sworn to protect the rights of all. ....a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles...is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and keep a government free.        Ben Franklin

READINGS - Security vs. Liberty? Freedom And Security? : How A Hayekian Fights Terror The free world can remain so only if governments separate terrorism from crime and limit as well as empower their police forces, says KONRAD HUMMLER. Judge Rules "Unconstitutional" Key Provisions A judge has ruled that key aspects of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional. Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision - JONATHAN TURLEY L.A. Times A professor of constitutional law at George Washington University discusses Ashcroft's plan for U.S. citizens' constitutional rights Civil Liberties and National Security A conversation with Harold Koh, Norman Dorsen, and John Deutch, >American Academy of Arts and Sciences No Due Process For Enemy Combatants "Chief Justice Rehnquist held that...'the Government may detain individuals whom the government believes to be dangerous.'" FreeRepublic.com "A Conservative News Forum" Paying for security with liberty - Michael Ignatieff "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Lawyer's Committee on Civil Rights - After September 11th Organizational statements and letters regarding the USA Patriot Act, the detention of non-citizens, military tribunals, and the FBI's new powers. Observer Liberty Watch campaign Documents the negative impact of 9-11 on British civil liberties Anti-Terror Legislation So Far by About.com. Reviews the USA Patriot Act and other anti-terrorist legislation. Turning your back on Leader Bush is now illegal -- Ohio State's graduating class told they would be expelled if they turned their back on Bush in protest...'thundering ovation' expected instead U.S. citizen in military prison indefinitely - without benefit of lawyer or trial -- ...despite fact that Deputy of Defense says: "I don't think there was actually a plot beyond some fairly loose talk." U.S. introduces laws that 'mirror the worst excesses of some dictatorships' The might of corporations undermines democracy Do Americans want to struggle to create a rich democracy, or are we going to roll over and accept a democracy for the rich?

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Read the Resolution to be voted on before the Santa Fe City Council Oct. 30,2002 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR SANTA FEANS

--PATRIOT ACT
--HOMELAND SECURITY
--DOMESTIC SPYING
-- Corporate threats to democracy

Coming soon:
--CYBER ISSUES
--CORPORATIONS
--TERRORISM
--U.S. POLICIES
--WAR ON DRUGS