Help the ACLU/SC Tell Gov. Schwarzenegger to Sign SB 1322 Amending California's "Loyalty Oaths"

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 · 11:55 AM PDT

2008/08/13 · 11:55

California's shameful practice of McCarthy era "loyalty oaths" is something the ACLU of Southern California knows something about. Eason Monroe, the Executive Director of the ACLU/SC from 1952 to 1972 was fired from his teaching position at San Francisco State College in 1950 for not signing the newly passed "Levering Act" requiring public employees to affirm that they did not advocate overthrow of the government "by force or violence or other unlawful means."

"I already had taken a positive oath to support the Constitution," Monroe was quoted, "I felt the two oaths were in utter contradiction. How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and thereafter sign away your rights under the Constitution?"

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Thursday November 08, 2007 · 6:15 PM PST

2007/11/08 · 18:15

Today the ACLU of Southern California sent a letter to the Los Angeles Police Department’s deputy chief commanding officer of LAPD’s Counter-Terrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau, Michael P. Downing, to express its grave concerns about efforts by the LAPD to map Muslim communities in the Los Angeles area as part of its counter-terrorism program.

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Wednesday October 03, 2007 · 12:39 PM PDT

2007/10/03 · 12:39

Join the ACLU of Southern California as it hosts former Nixon White House counsel and bestselling author John Dean for a lively and interesting conference call tomorrow, October 4 from 4-5pm PST (7-8pm EST).

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