There is a New Breed of Patriots speaking up against the Patriot Act. Grass-roots efforts to rein in the anti-terrorist USA Patriot Act are gaining support in Eugene, Ore., Ann Arbor, MI, Denver and other cities. We wrote about this back in July when there were seven cities that had passed resolutions opposing aspects of the Act. Now, at least 21 cities have passed such resolutions.

If you don't mind legalese, you can read the full text of the Act here, courtesy of EPIC, the Electronic Privacy Information Center .

If you would like to read a section by section analysis of the Act with some critical commentary, you can pay $19 to Lexis and order the book we co-authored on the Act. It's called "The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001: An Analysis" by Stanley Mailman, Jeralyn E. Merritt, Theresa M. B. Van Vliet, and Stephen Yale-Loehr. Book Description and On-Line Order Form . Unfortunately, we don't get royalties or commissions.

Bottom Line: A better name for the Patriot Act would be the Anti-American Act.