5 Steps for President Obama and the 111th Congress
To Restore Human and Civil Liberties
 1. Ban Torture. Issue an executive order banning all forms of torture and require all U.S. agencies and entities to abide by the Geneva conventions.
Update: In mid-January, President Obama issued executive orders outlawing torture, banning secret CIA prisons, and calling for the closure of the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay.
President Obama has also released "torture memos" written during the Bush Administration. Find out more.
2. Restore Habeas Corpus. Restore this writ for all prisoners held by the United States, ensuring that no person is unlawfully and indefinitely detained, including so-called “enemy combatants.”
3. Repeal the Military Commissions Act. Repeal an unlawful act which enables the president to name enemy combatants, abandon habeas corpus, provide immunity for Geneva Convention violators, and establish flawed military commissions.
4. Stop Immigration Raids. Place a moratorium on all raids that is effective immediately. These raids separate families, create distrust and fear among all community members, and do nothing to fix the broken immigration system in the United States.
5. End Unconstitutional Government Spying. Restore protections from governmental spying and the judicial review of searches and seizures of private communications.
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