After the terror attacks of September 9, 2001, the United States Congress rushed a bill through its system, called the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001” or the “U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act,” and signed into effect by President George W. Bush. Its goal is “to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the World, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and other purposes” (United States, Congress, House 1). Thereby, giving more legislative power to investigate “suspected” acts of terrorism.
Its goal is not just to prevent the act of terror itself, but to investigate those individuals, who launder and finance acts of terrorism. To accomplish this, the N.S.A. phone program was created, where it could track the callers and messages sent between parties. However, the call or message must …show more content…
Its goal is as follows,
“To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit foreign influence in Federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections, and for other purposes” (United States, Congress, House 1).
Basically, it limits the endorsements made by corporations to electoral candidates, and given this ability, politicians could eliminate disfavored speech related to the 2010 election. After it passed the Democrat-controlled Congress, it was almost immediately denied by the Republican-controlled Senate; party politics is alive and well in
Its goal is not just to prevent the act of terror itself, but to investigate those individuals, who launder and finance acts of terrorism. To accomplish this, the N.S.A. phone program was created, where it could track the callers and messages sent between parties. However, the call or message must …show more content…
Its goal is as follows,
“To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit foreign influence in Federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections, and for other purposes” (United States, Congress, House 1).
Basically, it limits the endorsements made by corporations to electoral candidates, and given this ability, politicians could eliminate disfavored speech related to the 2010 election. After it passed the Democrat-controlled Congress, it was almost immediately denied by the Republican-controlled Senate; party politics is alive and well in