From: kadie@hal.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: >>ACLU -- INFO<<
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:44:13 GMT

<*>Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:13:48 -0600
<*>From: "\"Carl M. Kadie\"" <kadie@hal.cs.uiuc.edu>
<*>To: harelb@math.cornell.edu
<*>
<*>With the ACLU's permission I've put some of their material on-line.
<*>Here is the README file for the anonymous ftp archive that
<*>contains the material.
<*>
<*>- Carl
<*>[Feel free to post this.]

"ftp eff.org:pub/academic/civil-liberty/README"

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README
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* Civil Liberty Archive
  [part of the Computers and Academic Freedom (CAF) Archive
     [part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Archive]]

This is an on-line collection of civil liberty statements. It includes
Briefing Papers from the American Civil Liberties Union. (The ACLU
material is made available by permission of the American Civil
Liberties Union)

If you have gopher, the archive is browsable with the command:
  gopher -p academic/civil-liberty gopher.eff.org

The archive is also accessible via anonymous ftp and email. Ftp to
ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4). It is in directory
"pub/academic/civil-liberty".  For email access, send email to
archive-server@eff.org. Include the line:

send acad-freedom/civil-liberty <filenames>

where <filenames> is a list of the files that you want. File README is
a detailed description of the items in the directory.

For more information, to make contributions, or to report typos
contact J.S. Greenfield (greeny@eff.org).

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README.subject-index
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* Subject Index for Civil Liberty Archive

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aclu.aclu
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* Guardian of Liberty: American Civil Liberties Union -- ACLU Briefing Paper #1

Contents:
The ACLU Mandate
What rights are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?
A Brief History
How the ACLU Chooses Its Cases
How the ACLU Works
The Financial Picture

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aclu.history
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* A History of the ACLU -- Ira Glasser Speech

A transcript of a speech by Ira Glasser (ACLU national director, at the time),
before the National Press Club, Washington, DC. on October 6, 1988.  The speech
details the history of the ACLU and its work.

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aclu.membership-form
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* 1992 ACLU Membership Form

A reproduction of the 1992 ACLU membership form.

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aids.aclu
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* AIDS and Civil-Liberties -- ACLU Briefing Paper #13

Answers these questions:

What is "HIV" and what is "AIDS"?
What are the facts about how HIV spreads?
Can HIV disease be cured?
Doesn't HIV mainly afflict gay men and drug addicts?
To stop the spread of HIV, shouldn't the government require all citizens
      to be tested?
But why shouldn't the government provide lists of people who test positive
      for HIV?
Does the law protect the rights of people with HIV disease?
How do these anti-discrimination laws work?
But shouldn't employers be able to fire people with HIV disease?
Don't HIV-infected health care workers pose enough of a risk to their
      patients to be prohibited from working?
Shouldn't school children with HIV disease be kept home?
Have the courts enforced these principles in cases involving
discrimination against people with HIV disease?
Wouldn't the distribution of clean needles and condoms promote drug use
      and promiscuity?
Should laws be enacted to punish those who deliberately try to spread HIV
      disease?
Should suspected or convicted rapists be forced to take HIV tests?
Shouldn't the government censor education about HIV on the ground that
    it's obscene?

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amendment2.co.usa
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AMENDMENT 2  (AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION)
   "Neither the State of Colorado, through any of its branches or
departments, nor any of its agencies, political subdivisions,
municipalities or school districts, shall enact, adopt or enforce
any statute, regulation, ordinance or policy whereby homosexual,
lesbian, or bisexual orientation, conduct, practices or
relationships shall constitute or otherwise be the basis of or
entitle any person or class of persons to have or claim any
minority status, quota preferences, protected status, or claim of
discrimination."


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artistic-freedom.aclu
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* Artistic Freedom -- ACLU Briefing Paper #14

Answers these questions:

What protects the work of artists from government censorship?
When and how did the threat to artistic freedom emerge in this country?
How has the Supreme Court dealt with sexually explicit expression?
Why does the ACLU object to the obscenity exception to the First Amendment?
But don't obscene and pornographic works cause anti-social and even
       violent behavior?
Even if the government can't suppress art, surely it shouldn't use
       tax monies to fund art that offends!?
Why does the ACLU object to movie ratings, music labeling, or other
voluntary rating systems?  Don't they give guidance to consumers,
       especially parents?
But mustn't we protect our children from inappropriate messages and
       images, especially graphic sex and violence?
Defending artists is fine, but why does the ACLU spend time and money
       defending pornographers and sleaze merchants?

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bill-of-rights.history.aclu
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* A History of the Bill of Rights -- ACLU Briefing Paper #9

Contents:

The Origins Of Liberty
The Constitutional Convention
Ratification Of The Constitution
The First Congress
Ratification Of The Bill Of Rights
Rights Declared, But Justice Denied
The Fourth Branch

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campaign-92.aclu
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* Campaign for the Bill of Rights '92 -- ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union's planks for its "Campaign for the
Bill of Rights '92". The planks are 1) a national campaign against
bigotry and racism, 2) constitutional protection for a woman's right
to choose, 3) a realistic approach to crime and punishment, 4) a Bill
of Rights for all working people.

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censorship.survey
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* Censorship of Books at Public Schools -- Survey Results

This article summarizes the findings of the tenth annual survey on book
censorship in public schools, conducted by the People for the American
Way.  The survey found the number of challenges (and successful challenges)
of books to be at a ten-year high.

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church-and-state.aclu
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* Church and State -- ACLU Briefing Paper #3

Answers these questions:

Were people free to practice their religious beliefs in colonial times?
Does the phrase "separation of church and state" actually appear in
      the constitution?
Our nation was founded by religious individuals, and some
      manifestations of the religious aspects of our history and culture are
      inevitable. So what does separation mean exactly?
Is prayer in public schools constitutional if it is optional?
Can children pray in school at all?
Why can't schools be required by law to teach the biblical theory of
      the earth's origins-- "creationism"--in addition to teaching evolution?
If students can meet on school grounds in extra-curricular political
      or social groups, can't they also meet in religious groups?
Since religious day schools are educating the children of taxpayers,
      can't the government assist those schools?
Religious facilities sometimes house services like daycare and foster
      care for the general public. Is it constitutional for those programs
      to receive government funds?
Why does the ACLU oppose religious displays on public property during
      the Christmas season?
If the government cannot be involved with religion, does that mean the
      clergy cannot speak out on political issues?
Should the Catholic Church lose its tax exempt status because its
      officials are involved in lobbying against abortion and birth control?
Are members of religious "cults" also protected by the Establishment Clause?
Can individuals whose religious beliefs conflict with certain laws
      receive special consideration from government?

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civil-liberty-index
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* About the Civil Liberty Index mailing list

A description of the civil-liberty-index mailing list. It is a
moderated list for the distribution of indexes of "newsy" civil
liberties articles. All the articles are from Netnews, most are from
ClariNet's commerical UPI service. To read the UPI articles, you need
access to ClariNet.

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