Events Calendar for firejohnyoo.org

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Fellowship Hall
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU)
1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita Avenue)
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Monday January 5, 2009

BFUU Social Justice Committee will cosponsor a demonstration against continuing torture at Guantanamo, the Bagram Prison in Afghanistan and other CIA "black sites" with FireJohnYoo on Jan 11, the 7th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo.

Please join us to plan for this event, which will include street theater and a "detainee" march in San Francisco. We are looking for characters/stage hands for our "Theatre Against Torture" as well as volunteers to fill 40+ orange jumpsuits.

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FRIDAY JANUARY 9, 7pm
Book Party for two invaluable & timely guides
“UNDOING THE BUSH-CHENEY LEGACY-A Tool Kit for Congress & Activists”
“Declaration of Human Rights is International Law” at Berkeley Fellowship
UU Hall.
www. bfuu.org
510-495-5132

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Close Guantanamo action
Sunday, January 11
Powell and Market Streets, San Francisco
1:00 pm

On the 7th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, join NO TO TORTURE activists in street theater and an orange jumpsuit procession representing "war on terror" detainees in military prisons and CIA "black sites" around the globe.

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Chapman Law Review 2009 Symposium

Lincoln's Constitutionalism in Time of War: Lessons for the Current War on Terror?

Date: January 30, 2009

Location: Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California

Registration Fee: Except where indicated, the registration fee includes a light breakfast and lunch. Participants may also register to receive MCLE credit.

MCLE Credit Recipients: $75/person
Government/Non-Profit Organization Representatives: $50/person
Judges: Free
Non-Lawyers/No MCLE Credit: $35
Students/No Lunch: Free
Download and print a registration form.
Schedule of Events

8:00 a.m. Registration
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and conversation
9:00 - 10:40 a.m. Suspending Rights to Sustain Public Safety: Deciphering Wartime Suspensions of the Writ of Habeas Corpus by Presidents Lincoln and Bush
This panel will compare and contrast constitutional approaches to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus by President Lincoln in the Civil War and President Bush during the War on Terror. Panelists will embark on a conversation and debate that considers cases such as, Ex Parte Merryman; Ex Parte Milligan; Ex Parte Quirin and the recent Guantanamo Bay Detainee Cases to determine when it is appropriate for a president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and the proper measures a president must take when suspending a civil liberty to protect public safety.

10:50 a.m - 12:30 p.m. What Would Lincoln Do? Constitutional Approaches to Wartime Finance and Economics
The effect of war on the American economy often serves as one of the most hotly contested issues resulting from American engagement in conflict. This panel will discuss whether President Lincoln's Greenback approach to financing the Civil War is an economic model other war-time presidents should consider. The panel will consider the economic effects of war and will decipher which elements of war strengthen an economy and which elements burden an economy. The panel will focus upon successful, unsuccessful and potential models for funding the current War on Terror.

12:40 - 2:10 p.m. Luncheon Keynote Address featuring Harry V. Jaffa
Harry V. Jaffa is a leading proponent of Abraham Lincoln who served as a speechwriter for Barry Goldwater and is recognized as one of the most famous students of Leo Strauss. The author of numerous articles and books, Jaffa's publications include, Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (University of Chicago Press, 1959).

2:20 - 4:00 p.m. Civil Liberties for Civil Rights: Justifying Wartime Decline of Civil Liberties by a Gain of Civil Rights
The Civil War and War on Terror present two wartime models where Americans' rights to various civil liberties were suspended. The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the institution of military commissions to try combatants, and limitations on the 1st Amendment remain some of the most debated issues of both the Civil War and the War on Terror. This panel will consider whether these limiting measures on Americans' civil liberties were justifiable by the subsequent civil rights secured as the result of each war-namely, the Reconstruction Amendments which secured the civil rights of African Americans after the Civil War and liberation of the Iraqi people resulting from the War on Terror.

Reception to immediately follow the Symposium.