4 Civil Liberties and Social Issues

Introduction to Civil Liberties and Social Issues … 171

Sedition Act of 1798 … 172
U.S. Congress, 1798

Temperance Protest … 173
Anonymous, 1874

Sedition Act of 1918 … 176
U.S. Congress, 1918

Anti-Prohibition Protest … 178
Anonymous, c. 1925

A Declaration of Conscience … 181
Margaret Chase Smith, 1950

Telegram from Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman … 184
Joseph McCarthy, 1950

Homeless Child on a Protest March … 187
M. McKeown, 1965

Sorbonne Revolt … 190
Margot Lyon, 1968

No More Miss America! … 193
Robin Morgan, 1968

Harvard and Beyond: The University Under Siege … 196
Anonymous, 1969

New York Penal Laws 125.00–125.6 … 200
New York state legislature, 1970

Coat Hangers Used in Abortion Protest …203
Anonymous, 1977

Gallaudet Protesters Claim Victory … 205
The Associated Press, 1988

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994 … 207
Edward M. Kennedy, 1994

The Sit-In Begins … 210
Kitty Cone, 2000

USA PATRIOT Act, Section 215 … 212
U.S. Congress, 2001

USA PATRIOT Act sec. 213 … 215
U.S. Congress, 2001

Resolution to Protest the Eroding of Civil Liberties under the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107-56) and Related Federal Orders Since 9/11/01 … 218
City of Ann Arbor, 2003

Presbyterian Founder of Gray Panthers Documented in "Maggie Growls" … 222
Jerry L. Van Marter, 2003

Protesting U.S.-Mexico Border Policy … 224
Denis Poroy, 2004

Pentagon Will Review Database on U.S. Citizens … 227
Walter Pincus, 2005

Activists, Opponents Clash at Immigration Rally… 230
Anonymous, 2005

Santa Cruz Journal: A Protest, a Spy Program, and a Campus in an Uproar … 233
Sarah Kershaw, 2006

Finding a Place for 9/11 in American History… 235
Joseph J. Ellis, 2006

Nepal Blocks Protest Rally with Arrests and Curfew … 237
Somani Sengupta, 2006

Moslems Protest Danish Cartoons … 239
Akhtar Soomro, 2006