In 1776 the Continental Congress convened with the idea of creating a new and independent nation. This nation would give freedoms and liberties to all people regardless of gender, race, creed, or nationality. It is this basis that our nation was founded on, but recently politicians have been attempting to remove some of the freedoms our forefathers fought and died to have and to protect. Throughout the last several years the American federal government has continued to slowly remove the freedoms of American citizens in small increments. The USA Patriot Act of 2001 removed the freedom of privacy from law abiding citizens of the United States. The second amendment right of freedom to bear arms has been continually under siege since the gun
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Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act loosening the restrictions on law enforcement agencies to use surveillance, conduct investigations, and informing suspects on search and seizures which have already been executed. This law came into effect in results of the 911 terrorist attacks; while the need existed to strengthen national security it should not have been a passage for government agencies to infringe on our fourth amendment rights. Justice.gov states “The Act removed the major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security” (U.S. Dept. of Justice. Comm. On USA Patriot Act). Although it is stated in a flamboyant manner, the facts are simple, The United States government is taking away limitations which were put in place to protect the liberties of American …show more content…
Constitution). This shows very clearly that the Federal Government has no right to influence the rights of American Citizens which are not in the Constitution. There have been many rulings in the Supreme Court which have effected American Freedoms which should have been regarded to with a state level vote. The most recent was the ruling on same-sex marriage in April of this year. This ruling forced all states to issue same-sex marriage licenses regardless of the opinion of the majority of the state. This is a clear violation of our Tenth Amendment rights. It is the right of the American people in the state they are a resident of the make these decisions, not of nine individuals who are appointed with no
Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act loosening the restrictions on law enforcement agencies to use surveillance, conduct investigations, and informing suspects on search and seizures which have already been executed. This law came into effect in results of the 911 terrorist attacks; while the need existed to strengthen national security it should not have been a passage for government agencies to infringe on our fourth amendment rights. Justice.gov states “The Act removed the major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security” (U.S. Dept. of Justice. Comm. On USA Patriot Act). Although it is stated in a flamboyant manner, the facts are simple, The United States government is taking away limitations which were put in place to protect the liberties of American …show more content…
Constitution). This shows very clearly that the Federal Government has no right to influence the rights of American Citizens which are not in the Constitution. There have been many rulings in the Supreme Court which have effected American Freedoms which should have been regarded to with a state level vote. The most recent was the ruling on same-sex marriage in April of this year. This ruling forced all states to issue same-sex marriage licenses regardless of the opinion of the majority of the state. This is a clear violation of our Tenth Amendment rights. It is the right of the American people in the state they are a resident of the make these decisions, not of nine individuals who are appointed with no