ACLU petition fails to address the issue
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 News-Letter article discusses criticism of an ACLU petition urging Hopkins’ Student Council to address the PATRIOT Act.
- The article says the petition mainly criticises the PATRIOT Act without offering specific changes, and reports that the Student Council initially avoided supporting it.
- The paper reported that the petition presents freedom and security as opposing concerns but does not explain how the law affects Hopkins students and faculty.
- The article adds that the petition asks the University to alert students about possible privacy risks and direct questions about Section 215 to John Ashcroft, which the writer says reflects the ACLU’s agenda.
- The reporter writes that the ACLU could rewrite the draft before the Student Council debates whether it represents the University.