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Historic Rally and Day of Action Expected to Draw Thousands from Across the Country to Advocate for Restoring the Constitution
As Bush Administration Continues Tearing Down Fundamental Freedoms, Americans Stand Up and Fight Back
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
June 12, 2007
Contact: Liz Rose or Chris Ford
(202) 675-2312 or
media-AT-dcaclu.org
WASHINGTON, DC - Thousands of Americans will storm Capitol Hill to participate in a 'Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice.' Activists from all 50 states will rally and then call on Congress to restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, end torture and rendition and restore our constitutional rights. People will gather at Upper Senate Park on June 26, 2007 and deliver tens of thousands of signatures to Congress urging the restoration of our rights.
What: Rally and Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice
Who: Senator Ben Cardin
Senator Patrick Leahy
Representative Dennis Kucinich
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Greg Proops of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Anthony Romero of the American Civil Liberties Union
David Keene of the American Conservative Union
Over 30 other organizations
Thousands of Americans from across the country
When: Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Rally from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Upper Senate Park (Constitution Ave. between New Jersey and Delaware Avenues, NE), Washington, DC
The event is being sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International (USA), the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
For nearly seven years, the Bush administration has torn down our fundamental rights and freedoms - from the suspension of habeas corpus and due process to acts of torture, CIA kidnappings and secret prison programs. And on June 26, the American people will stand up in Washington and demand those rights and freedoms be restored.
June 26 will mark the first time in the ACLU's 87-year history the organization has convened a national event of this type.
For more information on the Day of Action, visit
www.juneaction.org