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Section Democracy Protection
Block S 3194!
Dave Lewit, Editor, BCA Dispatch, forwards this message from Ted Dooley, National Lawyers Guild and former co-chair of Alliance for Democracy:
Folks, congress is apparently trying to push this one through on a fast track. On April 12 Senator Harry Reid introduced Senate bill 3194 that has nearly identical wording as S.1611 and HR 413 in a way that will force it to the Senate floor for a vote tomorrow which would send the bill to the House where they plan to amend it to their bill which would do away with the need to put it in a conference committee, sending it straight to the president for signature into law.
Simply put, this law would force every law enforcement agency in the US to allow police unions to have a say not only in pay and benefit issues, but also in disciplinary policies. If you thought it was hard to hold cops accountable for misconduct now, just wait until police unions get to influence disciplinary policies in every police department and sheriff's office in the US!
Mark Crispin Miller on election theft and the possibility of martial law
Two video blog entries from author and New York University professor Mark Crispin Miller.
Click on the headline to read more and see videos.
Democracy Protection Kit
After two previous stolen elections, should we expect that everything will go just fine this time? The neocons have added more restrictive voter ID laws and wider use of electronic voting machines to their bag of tricks. But what if they expect an election day mandate for change? Would they go so far as to suspend our rights and impose martial law? And what's the best proactive response?
Click on the headline to read more. Visit the Democracy Protection Page to read letters and articles in our Democracy Protection Kit that you can use to begin a dialog on civil rights protection in your community.
INTERVIEW REQUEST
How to request interviews with key local officials. Rewrite this letter with correct local names, and locally proper style.
(To read sample letter, click on title above.)
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Five Questions to ask officials. Note especially Question 2: “How will you challenge an order from a federal agency, which you believe is based on false information or partisan objectives, or which tends to violate constitutional rights?.."
(To read article, click on title above.)
POLICE INTELLIGENCE
Knowing how police do or don't cooperate with federal authorities---and with each other---can help you frame local interview questions.
(To read article, click on title above.)
TAKING OVER
George W. Bush orders that he alone will "coordinate" all three branches of government whenever he declares a "catastrophic emergency".
(To read the Order, click on title above.)
SEIZING ASSETS
Sec. of Treasury can freeze assets, without notification, of anyone deemed dangerous to U.S. government's war or "democratization" policy in the middle east
(To read this Order, click on title above.)
CANCEL ELECTIONS
Election experts worry that Bush&Co may cancel 2008 elections and try to continue in power. How can we prevent this? "It’s well established that Richard Nixon—-mentor to Karl Rove and Dick Cheney—-commissioned the Huston Plan, which detailed how to cancel the 1972 election."
(To read article, click on title above.)
MARTIAL LAW
Homeland Security and the Pentagon are geared up for martial law---suspending the Constitution---if a "catastrophic emergency" occurs either by taking advantage of a real one, or by staging one.
(To read article, click on title above.)