George Bush Violation Of Rights

George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States who took an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution”, but some may say that he failed to do so. Eight months into Bush’s first term as president, the September, 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred - leading to Bush’s “war on terrorism”. This led to the cruel interrogations of terrorists, the removal of rights to trials and court reviewed cases, and the unreasonable and illegal surveillance of American citizens. These three events made by George Bush and his administration may prove that the president went against his oath and did not follow the constitution. The president’s policies on detainees during the “war on terror” can qualify as unconstitutional offenses. The Bush administration said that the “war on terror” exempted it …show more content…
The administration made the category of “enemy combatants” in order to deprive detainees of the legal protections of either the U.S. courts or “prisoner-of-war” status. They tried to detain these enemy combatants, some of them American citizens, indefinitely without trial, and without the right to have courts review their cases. Bush announced that these terrorists were not protected by the Geneva Conventions, which prohibits cruel treatment and torture, and claimed that the torture provided important information for the safety of Americans. The safety of Americans was not however protected when their fourth amendment right to be secure against unreasonable government searches and seizures. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requires that warrants for national security wiretaps be