First Constitutional Coffee Hour

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Agenda

I. Welcome

Kevin Gray: President, ACLU of South Carolina

Catherine Fleming Bruce: Director, The Collaborative for Community Trust, The Modjeska Monteith Simkins Center for Justice, Ethics and Human Rights

II. Introductions

Kathy Macedon: President, Midlands Chapter, ACLU of South Carolina

Alice Kasakoff: Executive Committee, ACLU of South Carolina

Valerie Shannon: Interim Executive Director, ACLU of South Carolina

III. Discussion Groups

“‘Military Commissions Act of 2006’: The Murder of Habeas Corpus?”

David Kennison, National Board of Directors, ACLU

“International Law and the ‘War on Terror’.”

Natalie Jane Kaufman, Louis Fry Scudder Professor, Dept. of Political Science, USC

“The ‘War on Terror’ and the Media.”

Steven Marsh, Department of Spanish, University of South Carolina

“Abuse of Power: ‘War on Terror’ and Increasing Presidential Authority.”

Watch the ACLU DVD on this topic.

Coming Events

Annual Membership Meeting, ACLU of South Carolina

November 18, 2006, in Charleston, South Carolina

Featuring keynote speaker, Wendy Kaminer, author, lawyer and social critic: “The Lure of Authoritarianism in a Post 9/11 World”

Second Constitutional Coffee Hour, Midlands Chapter, ACLU of South Carolina

Tentative date: Saturday, January 20, 2007.

To make suggestions or receive notice of next meeting, e-mail Midlands@ACLUSC.org.

For information, call 803-798-2278 or visit our web page, www.ACLUSC.org/Midlands/.