The USA Patriot Act was passed just a short six weeks after the 9/11 attacks which revealed great haste and secrecy among the federal laws. The act has riddled with flaws and has greatly compromised out fundamental freedoms. According to the Virginia Bill of Rights Coalition, they feel that “the Act may constitute a greater danger for America;” but what does that mean for our future?
The USA Patriot Act was passed in 2001 after the 9/11 bombing attacks of the Twin Towers and was mainly focused for the “foreign nationals” in the U.S. The act was defined to “permit clandestine searches of homes of American citizen’s suspect of no crimes, it authorized searches of private records of hospitals, banks, etc. The Act created a vague new crime known as the “domestic terrorism” which fought against lawful protests. The act authorized arbitrary surveillance of religious services and political forums and lastly, the Act permitted detention of American citizen’s without benefit of due process or counsel. This sounds like a lot of confusing information right? Well this is why it was sought out to be the most unusual law to be past and many think it was passed out of anger against foreign nations who posed a threat to military property.
While many thought this was led by the …show more content…
This Act was sought out for success by the Bush Administration but in sight, might have been a last minute reform against terrorists for causing such disaster in America. 9/11 has not only made an impact on everyone in America but has opened the eye of many Congressmen who are trying to protect human rights. It is known that the Act is a failure in many leaders eyes but they question now arises of how to fix the problem that was created. In my opinion, the USA Patriot Act should be amended and forever taken away and give the US citizens the privacy and dignity that we
The USA Patriot Act was passed in 2001 after the 9/11 bombing attacks of the Twin Towers and was mainly focused for the “foreign nationals” in the U.S. The act was defined to “permit clandestine searches of homes of American citizen’s suspect of no crimes, it authorized searches of private records of hospitals, banks, etc. The Act created a vague new crime known as the “domestic terrorism” which fought against lawful protests. The act authorized arbitrary surveillance of religious services and political forums and lastly, the Act permitted detention of American citizen’s without benefit of due process or counsel. This sounds like a lot of confusing information right? Well this is why it was sought out to be the most unusual law to be past and many think it was passed out of anger against foreign nations who posed a threat to military property.
While many thought this was led by the …show more content…
This Act was sought out for success by the Bush Administration but in sight, might have been a last minute reform against terrorists for causing such disaster in America. 9/11 has not only made an impact on everyone in America but has opened the eye of many Congressmen who are trying to protect human rights. It is known that the Act is a failure in many leaders eyes but they question now arises of how to fix the problem that was created. In my opinion, the USA Patriot Act should be amended and forever taken away and give the US citizens the privacy and dignity that we