Action Alert Archives

Last Chance to Change the PATRIOT Debate. Call your representative today! (October 28, 2009)

Your community can do what the federal government won't (October 14, 2009)

Reform the PATRIOT Act by supporting the JUSTICE Act (September 29, 2009)

Disbar the Torture Lawyers: Sign on Today (September 17, 2009)

September 17 is Constitution Day! (September 2, 2009)

Demand real accountability for torture, beyond Holder’s limited ‘preliminary inquiry’ (August 26, 2009)

Stand Up Against Torture! (June 24, 2009)

Demand Accountability for Torture! Tell Attorney General Holder to Appoint an Independent Prosecutor (April 28, 2009)

Hold DHS Accountable! Ask Congress for Oversight & Fairness in Immigration Enforcement (April 8, 2009)

Tell Your Members of Congress: End National Security Letter Abuses (April 1, 2009)

Protect Government Whistleblowers! (February 10, 2009)

Last Call: Tell Your Senators, No New Wiretapping Powers! (July 8, 2008)

Urge Your Senators to Stop FISA Wiretapping Bill! (June 25, 2008)

House Failure on Wiretapping Demands New Grassroots Action (June 23, 2008)

Support the Constitution and Put Your "John Hancock" in theNew York Times (June 9, 2008)

FISA Deal-making in Congress. Head for your phone now! (May 13, 2008)

House Stopped FISA Bill—Did your rep stand up to Bush? Call now! (March 18, 2008)

Protect America Act Expired! Keep the Pressure On! (February 19, 2008)

Tell Bush's Wiretappers To Stop Listening! (February 13, 2008)

Tell Your Senators to Let the "Protect America Act" Expire! (January 9, 2008)

Thank You For Progress Made in 2007 ( December 27, 2007)

Organize to Shut Down Guantánamo and Demand Accountability! January 11) (December 14, 2007)

Louder! Tell Congress: No compromises on 4th amendment! (October 19, 2007)

Call Congress Now to Repeal the Protect America Act (October 11, 2007)

Update on Habeas and Fourth Amendment Legislation (September 24, 2007)

Call to Restore Habeas and the Fourth Amendment (September 19, 2007)

National Call-in Day to Congress: Restore Constitutional Protections ( September 13, 2007)

Gonzales's Constitution Day Gift (Sept. 17) (August 28, 2007)

Representatives Hold Town Hall Meetings (August 23, 2007)

Summer Barbeques and Warrantless Surveillance (August 7, 2007)

Stop Senate Bill to Expand Warrantless NSA Program ( August 2, 2007)

Stop House Bill to Expand Warrantless NSA Program (July 30, 2007)

Habeas Corpus and MCA Action Delayed Until We All Speak Up (July 24, 2007)

National Call-in to Congress to Restore Habeas Corpus and End Torture (June 27, 2007)

Contact Your Senator on Intelligence Committee About the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) "Modernization" Bill (May 11, 2007)

Stop Bush from 'modernizing' FISA back to the Hoover era (April 26, 2007)

March 21: National Call-in on Military Commissions Act (March 20, 2007)

National Call-in to Congress on Military Commissions Act (March 16, 2007)

Government Violations and Abuses of the PATRIOT Act Call for Sweeping Change (March 15, 2007)

Urge Your Senators not to Legalize Domestic Warrantless Wiretapping or to Immunize Telecoms ( November 13, 2006)

Take Action Tuesday as Pres. Bush Signs Military Commission Act (October 13, 2006)

Update on Military Commissions and NSA Wiretapping Bills (September 29, 2006)

Less than 72 hours to stop two bad bills (September 27, 2006)

New "Compromise" Bills Actually Expand Warrantless Spying, Torture, and Detention Powers (September 24, 2006)

Act now to save right to challenge detentions and to stop legalization of warrantless domestic wiretapping! (September 19, 2006)

On Sept. 12, Tell Congress to Stop Big Brother Surveillance Bills! (September 11, 2006)

Join National Call-in to Congress. Stop the Big Brother NSA Bills (September 5, 2006)

Victory on wiretaps could vanish without your immediate support (August 21, 2006)

Thanks to your faxes and calls, we stopped the Specter bill (for now, at least)! (August 8, 2006)

Stop the Specter bill and save the Fourth Amendment! (July 19, 2006)

Supreme Court: Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld and what it means (July 11, 2006)

Wed., May 17th, Stop Big Brother Surveillance—Call Congress (May 15, 2006)

Call-in Day on Warrantless Wiretapping (May 8, 2006)

Sunshine Week: Shining the Light on Government Secrecy (March 17, 2006)

Keep PATRIOT Act Debate Open! (February 27, 2006)

Tell your senators to oppose the PATRIOT Act reauthorization (February 22, 2006)

NSA warrantless wiretapping and PATRIOT Act (February 2, 2006)

January 25, National PATRIOT Act Call-in Day (January 23, 2006)

Announcing National PATRIOT Act Call-in Day, January 25 (January 20, 2006)

UPDATE: Sen. Reid supports filibuster! Call your Senators now! (December 14, 2005)

URGENT: Your help needed to fight PATRIOT Act reauthorization ( December 12, 2005)

URGENT PATRIOT Act Update: Calls needed now! (December 8, 2005)

Call Congress about torture and habeas corpus! (December 7, 2005)

Call your Representative about PATRIOT Act reauthorization! (December 6, 2005)

PATRIOT Reauthorization Stalled: GRASSROOTS ACTION NEEDED! (November 21, 2005)

Tell Congress to Sent Patriot Act Reauthorization Back to the Drawing Board! (November 17, 2005)

Urgent: demand that your Congressional representatives vote resoundingly NO on a Conference Report that expands the PATRIOT Act (November 16, 2005)

Save Habeas Corpus Rights of Guantánamo Detainees (November 11, 2005)

Support Patriot Reform! (November 10, 2005)

Call Congress About PATRIOT Act, Important Motion (November 8, 2005)

Support Senate PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill (November 3, 2005)

Tell your House member or conferee to support the McCain Amendment (October 31, 2005)

Anti-torture amendments added to defense spending bill (October 6, 2005)

Support McCain Anti-Torture Amendments (October 5, 2005)

Urgent! Support 3 'Dear Conferee' letters re: PATRIOT Act reauthorization (September 8, 2005)

Call Your Senator About PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Bill (August 22, 2005)

Constitution Day (9/17) mandate for schools with gov't funding (August 18, 2005)

Call Your House Member About PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Bill (August 11, 2005)

House to vote on USA PATRIOT Act and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 today (July 21, 2005)

URGENT: Stop USA PATRIOT Act Renewal! (July 18, 2005)

House Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees to mark up USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation this week (July 11, 2005)

Success! Freedom to Read Amendment passed 238-187 (June 16, 2005)

Support Sanders' Freedom to Read Amendment to Appropriations Bill! (June 14, 2005)

Action Needed Today to Ensure Passage of Sanders' Amendment (June 10, 2005)

Keep PATRIOT Act Hearings Open! (May 18, 2005)

National Days of Action to Stop the REAL ID Act in the Senate (April 6, 2005)

House to vote on REAL ID Act this week (February 7, 2005)

Senate will vote on Gonzales confirmation next week (January 27, 2005)

Questions for Alberto Gonzales, Nominee for Attorney General (December 17, 2004)

Intelligence reform bill approved overwhelmingly (December 9, 2004)

9/11 intelligence reform; suggestions for Bill of Rights Day ( November 30, 2004)

Alberto Gonzales is Bush's nominee for Attorney General (November 12, 2004)

Calls needed as Intelligence Reform Conference Committee continues its work (October 27, 2004)

Keep USA PATRIOT expansion and PATRIOT II sections out of 9/11 intelligence reform bill (October 14, 2004)

Calls on House 9/11 bill needed today (October 7, 2004)

Update on House intelligence reform bill H.R. 10 (October 4, 2004)

House and Senate intelligence reform bills threaten immigrant rights and civil liberties (September 30, 2004)

Call Your Senator Now to Restore Your Freedom (SAFE Act) (September 21, 2004)

Urgent Phone and Fax Alert: Cut off funds for library and bookstore searches under USA PATRIOT Act Section 215 (July 1, 2004)

Stop the Secret Expansion of the PATRIOT Act (June 7, 2004)

Pakistani Targeted by Special Registration (May 6, 2004 (NYC residents only))

Supreme Court To Hear Guantánamo Case (April 7, 2004)

Help Make Sure Sanders and Otter Amendments Become Law! (November 14, 2003)

Action Update on House Amendments (July 25, 2003)

Urgent Phone and Fax Alert: Support the Sanders-Otter-Conyers Amendment ( July 18, 2003)

Help Pass HR 1157 (May 29, 2003)

Ask your Congressperson to cosponsor to Freedom to Read Protection Act, HR 1157 (March 7, 2003)

Help Shut Down Poindexter's Total Information Awareness Program! (February 7, 2003)

Special Registration Alert (December 13, 2002)

Bill of Rights Day, December 15 (December 11, 2002)

Recent Developments Make This Recess an Important Time to Contact your Congresspeople (November 18, 2002)