Freedom To Read Protection Act

Rep. Sanders Brings Back Freedom to Read Protection ActJoined by members of organizations representing librarians, booksellers, publishers, and writers, Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced at a March 9 news conference that he will reintroduce the Freedom to Read Protection Act, which would exempt libraries and booksellers from provisions of the USA Patriot Act that allow the federal government to access records without a traditional search warrant.
“Section 215 and the USA Patriot Act must be seen in the context of a creeping erosion of our constitutional rights that little by little, bit by bit, is making us a less free nation,” Sanders said.
“In seeking to curb the overly broad provisions of Section 215, we are not trying to thwart government efforts to investigate terrorists,” noted ALA Washington Office Executive Director Emily Sheketoff. “However, we do not believe that the government needs unsupervised, secret powers to learn what ordinary Americans are reading.”
Sanders first introduced the Freedom to Read Protection Act in 2003 with the support of a bipartisan group of more than 150 cosponsors. After the bill did not come up for a vote, Sanders proposed a similar measure as an amendment to an appropriations bill in 2004; that effort was narrowly rejected in July 2004 when Republican leaders extended voting time and convinced some lawmakers to switch their votes.
Posted March 11, 2005.

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Violence research data from the National Institute of Justice, Data Resources Program, U.S. Department of Justice
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.; National Archive of Criminal Justice Data.; National Institute of Justice (U.S.).1994
English Computer File : Numeric data computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + documentation.
Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data,
Contains data from 59 studies or data compilations about violence. Does not contain full-text National Institute of Justice publications. Focal offenses include homicide, assault, robbery, domestic violence, and sexual aggression; some studies also include other offenses for comparison purposes. Datasets can be grouped into nine arbitrarily defined categories: violence (general); youth violence; domestic violence; homicide; other specific offenses; violence in criminal careers; violence and mental disorder; victims of violence; capital punishment


Publication:
Ann Arbor, MI :; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data,
Year:
1994
Description:
computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + Includes: documentation.
Language:
English
Series:
[ICPSR ;; 6495]; Variation: ICPSR (Series) ;; 6495.
Abstract:
Contains data from 59 studies or data compilations about violence. Does not contain full-text National Institute of Justice publications. Focal offenses include homicide, assault, robbery, domestic violence, and sexual aggression; some studies also include other offenses for comparison purposes. Datasets can be grouped into nine arbitrarily defined categories: violence (general); youth violence; domestic violence; homicide; other specific offenses; violence in criminal careers; violence and mental disorder; victims of violence; capital punishment.
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:
Violence -- United States -- Statistics -- Databases.

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