ACLU introduces Patriot Act petition
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a Student Council meeting about a JHUACLU resolution on the Patriot Act.
- The article says the JHUACLU raised concerns about student rights, especially for international students, and argued that government access to student files could threaten civil liberties.
- The paper reported that the JHUACLU asked for “accountability and transparency” and support for its resolution.
- The article adds that most council members favored asking the student body to consider a revised resolution, with a proposed requirement of 1,500 signatures.
- The reporter writes that the meeting ended without agreement on the resolution, and that discussion was postponed for two weeks while members consulted constituents.