ACLU holds discussion on Patriot Act
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 reports on an ACLU forum about the Patriot Act and its possible effects on students.
- The paper reported that the Johns Hopkins ACLU held an open forum during a national youth campaign against the Patriot Act, featuring organizer Patrice Web.
- The article says ACLU resources described the law as allowing expanded surveillance, secret home searches and collection of financial and purchasing information.
- The reporter writes that treasurer Jess Beaton called the law unconstitutional, while the campus ACLU sought support for a Student Council resolution opposing it.
- The article adds that Web urged students to back the resolution and said similar measures had passed at campuses in four states.
- According to the article, Web discussed student room searches and suggested requiring notice after a search; she also said the ACLU opposed RIAA efforts to bring criminal charges against illegal music downloaders.