Make a call to restore the Constitution

Over the past five years, the Bush administration has taken step after step to erode our Constitutional rights. This reached a climax last fall with the passage of the Military Commissions Act.

The new Congress must waste no time in repairing all the damage. This is really important, folks.

And here's a way that you can help jumpstart the effort, from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU):

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It's hard to believe this happened in America: Last October, Congress and the President passed the Military Commissions Act, eliminating habeas corpus -- the right to challenge unlawful imprisonment -- for some people.

This law undermines American due process and our laws against torture. It gives the President the power to decide who is and who is not an enemy of our country, and to imprison people indefinitely without charging them with any crime.

This week, we are calling for change. It’s time for Congress to restore our Constitution and reassert the very rights that make us unique as a country by fixing the un-American Military Commissions Act. A bill already under consideration -- the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 -- does just that.

Help Restore the Constitution. Call your Members of Congress right now.

Tell them:

It’s time to restore due process and defend the Constitution. Please co-sponsor the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007. (In the House, the bill number is H.R. 1415. In the Senate, it's S. 576.)

The Bush administration is working hard to stop Congress from passing this vital legislation. But we’re working harder.

We’re leading the charge, running radio ads for nearly two weeks, asking Americans who care about the Constitution to call their Members of Congress.

Join in, call now. We need every voice to win.

Our Members of Congress need to know that we'll never give up the rights that define us.

We’re pulling out all of the stops, and so is a broad, bi-partisan coalition of organizations who are calling on their membership and activists this week to pass the “Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007.” When you pick up the phone today, you will be joining with countless others from across the country who care deeply about restoring the Constitution.

Please, add your voice. Call your Members of Congress now.

The Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 restores due process and habeas corpus rights for detainees being held indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. It enforces the Geneva Conventions as the law on how we treat people. And it holds government officials accountable so that due process violations and torture stop.

With so much pressure from the White House, we need every voice to win this fight, including yours. I’m sure you agree: We must make sure we don’t fall a few votes short when freedom is on the line.

That’s why your call today is critically important.

Sincerely,

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
ACLU

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