— Demand Progress

BIN LADEN IS DEAD. WILL THE PATRIOT ACT LIVE ON?

The Patriot Act was enacted as a supposedly temporary measure in the wake of 9-11. With Bin Laden’s passing, the era of the Patriot Act, of spying on Americans who aren’t suspected of crimes, of heavy-handed abuse of our dearly held civil liberties, must come to an end.

Click here to ask Congress and the President to return us to the legal norms that existed before 9-11 and to start respecting our civil liberties.

PLUS: Check out Aaron Swartz, our Executive Director, on the Alyona Show.

Watch as he defends our first amendment rights and our right to due process against Mitch Glazier, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Industry Relations of the Record Industry Association of America.

ALSO: Stop The Internet Blacklist!

—The new bill that the recording industry wants to use to censor the Internet!

AND, you should follow us on Twitter.

via demandprogress.org