ACLU releases blueprint of "Actions for Restoring America"

The Bush administration has been hard at work dismantling the U.S. Constitution.

Now that the neocons will soon be out of power, we need Congress and the Obama administration to piece it back together.

To that end, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has developed a blueprint called "Actions for Restoring America". It itemizes specific actions that the Obama administration must take "to launch a restoration of American values and to convey a clear rejection of the shameful policies of the Bush era."

It is divided into three sections:

• Day One: Actions the President can take with the stroke of a pen on the first day in office (e.g., end torture, close Gitmo).

• First 100 Days: Actions the President and his administration can take in the first 100 days in office (e.g., end warrantless spying, ban all workplace discrimination against sexual minorities by the federal government and its contractors).

• First Year: Actions the President and Congress can take in the first year (e.g., restore scientific freedom, rein in the practice of issuing "signing statements", create a commission to study the DOJ politicization and get the DOJ back on track, declare a death penalty moratorium and study/fix the flaws in the system).

This blueprint is already in the hands of Obama's transition team.

>> Download your own personal copy.

It's worth reading, thinking about, and taking action.