Natural rights, privacy, and security are all superior within the Patriot Act. America, now-a-days, are terrorized by foreigners and out-of-state citizens for the control and power over the United States. By reading the primary source documents and commentary texts, it helped to show how the Patriot Act has a relationship to the Bill of Rights because of the reasoning to find a proper balance between national security and individual rights, explaining how the Patriot Act and privacy goes hand in hand with each other, and trying to find a solution to the debate over the Patriot Act.
The Reason to finding a proper balance between national security and individual rights is so that the government doesn’t infringe on American rights. On September …show more content…
By reading “The Patriot Act,” it mentions “… the U.S. Constitution protects the rights of the people to be secure in their persons, house papers, and effects against unreasonable searches.” In addition to that, law enforcement officers get warrants before searching a person’s home because they need consent from a judge and probable cause that an item is evidence. Before heavy surveillance, agents would listen in on wired tapes for committed crimes or an investigation. “ The Act enabled investigators to gather information when looking into full range of terrorism-related crimes including: chemical-weapon offenses, the use of weapons of mass destruction, killing Americans abroad, and terrorism financing,” cited from the article “ Department of Justice.” If the FBI believes that any U.S. citizen is involved in any terrorist acts, these agents will listen in on that person and try to get any possible evidence to stop them. In relationship to the Bill of Rights, the fourth amendment explains how citizens have the right from random searches and seizures and how people should be safe in their own homes. People shouldn’t have to worry about someone watching or listing their conversations especially if they haven’t done anything wrong. The FBI can ask the Internet services for permission to view a person’s log of websites and from a person’s incoming and outgoing emails and call logs from a computer to …show more content…
The Patriot Act was put in place to eliminate terrorist from creating more deaths and destruction. Due to the article, “The Patriot Act” clearly states, “… the proposed new law would among other things, enable the government to ask a court to revoke the citizenship of any American who provides ‘material support’ to terrorists.” Also, the article “Department of Justice,” mentions “The Patriot Act imposed tough new penalties on those who commit and support terrorist operations, both home and abroad.” Some people may feel that if the Patriot Act gets stronger, then it would violate the fourth amendment within protection against unreasonable searches and the first amendment having to do with freedom and association. Agents are being allowed to use new technology in order to keep up with attempted terrorists and to save most Americans. If agents don’t monitor computers and other statistics and the Patriot Act doesn’t impose new tough laws, then there won’t be a United States of America. Agents are able to track computers and trespassers who are trying to hack into government software and/or who are communicating with others who are trying to terrorize the United States. The ACLU also warned that American freedom is endangered by the Patriot
The Reason to finding a proper balance between national security and individual rights is so that the government doesn’t infringe on American rights. On September …show more content…
By reading “The Patriot Act,” it mentions “… the U.S. Constitution protects the rights of the people to be secure in their persons, house papers, and effects against unreasonable searches.” In addition to that, law enforcement officers get warrants before searching a person’s home because they need consent from a judge and probable cause that an item is evidence. Before heavy surveillance, agents would listen in on wired tapes for committed crimes or an investigation. “ The Act enabled investigators to gather information when looking into full range of terrorism-related crimes including: chemical-weapon offenses, the use of weapons of mass destruction, killing Americans abroad, and terrorism financing,” cited from the article “ Department of Justice.” If the FBI believes that any U.S. citizen is involved in any terrorist acts, these agents will listen in on that person and try to get any possible evidence to stop them. In relationship to the Bill of Rights, the fourth amendment explains how citizens have the right from random searches and seizures and how people should be safe in their own homes. People shouldn’t have to worry about someone watching or listing their conversations especially if they haven’t done anything wrong. The FBI can ask the Internet services for permission to view a person’s log of websites and from a person’s incoming and outgoing emails and call logs from a computer to …show more content…
The Patriot Act was put in place to eliminate terrorist from creating more deaths and destruction. Due to the article, “The Patriot Act” clearly states, “… the proposed new law would among other things, enable the government to ask a court to revoke the citizenship of any American who provides ‘material support’ to terrorists.” Also, the article “Department of Justice,” mentions “The Patriot Act imposed tough new penalties on those who commit and support terrorist operations, both home and abroad.” Some people may feel that if the Patriot Act gets stronger, then it would violate the fourth amendment within protection against unreasonable searches and the first amendment having to do with freedom and association. Agents are being allowed to use new technology in order to keep up with attempted terrorists and to save most Americans. If agents don’t monitor computers and other statistics and the Patriot Act doesn’t impose new tough laws, then there won’t be a United States of America. Agents are able to track computers and trespassers who are trying to hack into government software and/or who are communicating with others who are trying to terrorize the United States. The ACLU also warned that American freedom is endangered by the Patriot