[Peace-presence] Peace Fair

[Rochelle Swanson]

Hello all....I hope you are all doing well.

 Just a few questions:
 1. When is the Peace Fair going to be?

 2. Can I host a booth about HR 3835? (HR 3835 below and attatched)

 Please discuss it and let me know.

 Thanks,
 Rochelle

 *************************  HR 3835*******************************
                          Please help support this proposed legislation.
 110th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3835
                   American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007
      A bill to  restore the Constitution's checks and balances and
 protections against government abuses as envisioned by
 the Founding Fathers.

 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
 This Act may be cited as the `American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007'

 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
 (a) Findings­ Congress makes the following findings:
    1. Unchecked power by any branch leads to oppressive
 transgressions on individual freedoms and ill­considered
 government policies.
    2. The Founding Fathers enshrined checks and balances in the
 Constitution to protect against government abuses to derail
 ill­conceived domestic or foreign endeavors.
    3. Checks and balances make the Nation safer by preventing abuses
 that would be exploited by Al Qaeda to boost terrorist recruitment,
 would deter foreign governments from cooperating in defeating
 international terrorism, and would make the American people reluctant
 to support aggressive counter­terrorism measures.
    4. Checks and balances have withered since 9/11 and an alarming
 concentration of power has been accumulated in the presidency
 based on hyper­inflated fears of international terrorism and a
 desire permanently to alter the equilibrium of power between
 the three branches of government.
    5. The unprecedented constitutional powers claimed by the
 President since 9/11 subtracted national security and have been asserted for
 non­  national security purposes.
    6. Experience demonstrates that global terrorism can be thwarted,
 deterred, and punished through muscular application of law enforcement measures
 and prosecutions in Federal civilian courts in lieu of military
commissions or military
 law.
    7. Congressional oversight of the executive branch is necessary to
 prevent secret government, which undermines self­government and invites
 lawlessness and maladministration.
    8. The post­9/11 challenges to checks and balances are unique in
 the Nation's history because the war on global terrorism has no
discernible end.

(b) Purpose­ The American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 is intended to
 restore the Constitution's checks and balances and protections
against government abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers.

 SEC. 3. MILITARY COMMISSIONS; ENEMY COMBATANTS; HABEAS CORPUS.
    a) The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is hereby repealed.
    b) The President is authorized to establish military commissions
 for the trial of war crimes only in places of active hostilities
against the United States where an immediate trial is necessary to
preserve fresh evidence or to prevent local anarchy.
    c) The President is prohibited from detaining any individual
indefinitely as an unlawful enemy combatant absent proof by
substantial evidence that the
individual has directly engaged in active hostilities against the
United States, provided that no United States citizen shall be
detained as an unlawful enemy combatant.
    d) Any individual detained as an enemy combatant by the United
States shall be entitled to petition for a writ of habeas corpus under
section 2241 of title 28,
United States Code.

 SEC. 4. TORTURE OR COERCED CONFESSIONS.
 No civilian or military tribunal of the United States shall admit as
evidence  statements extracted from the defendant by torture or
coercion.

 SEC. 5. INTELLIGENCE GATHERING.
 No Federal agency shall gather foreign intelligence in contravention
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
The President's constitutional power to gather foreign intelligence is
subordinated to this provision.

 SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL SIGNING STATEMENTS.
 The House of Representatives and Senate collectively shall enjoy
standing to file a declaratory judgment action in an appropriate
Federal district court to challenge
 the constitutionality of a presidential signing statement that
declares the President's intent to disregard provisions of a bill he
has signed into law because he believes they are unconstitutional.

 SEC. 7. KIDNAPPING, DETENTIONS, AND TORTURE ABROAD.
 No officer or agent of the United States shall kidnap, imprison, or
torture any person abroad based solely on the President's belief that
the subject of the kidnapping, imprisonment, or torture is a criminal
or enemy combatant; provided that kidnapping shall be permitted if
undertaken with the intent of bringing the kidnapped person for
prosecution or interrogation to gather intelligence before a tribunal
that meets international standards of fairness and due process. A
 knowing violation of this section shall be punished as a felony
punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to 2 years.

 SEC. 8. JOURNALIST EXCEPTION TO ESPIONAGE ACT.
 Nothing in the Espionage Act of 1917 shall prohibit a journalist from
publishing information received from the executive branch or Congress
unless the publication would cause direct, immediate, and irreparable
harm to the national security of the United States.

 SEC. 9. USE OF SECRET EVIDENCE TO MAKE FOREIGN TERRORIST DESIGNATIONS.
 Notwithstanding any other law, secret evidence shall not be used by
 the President or any other member of the executive branch to
designate an individual or organization with a United States presence
as a foreign terrorist or foreign terrorist organization for purposes
of the criminal law or otherwise imposing
 criminal or civil sanctions.
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