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The stolen valor act is an act that made it a crime to make false claims about receiving many types of military awards. It also establishes fines and prision sentences as its punishment. In the New York v Sullivan case Sullivan was convicted of giving false information about police. However, the court overruled and said that Sullivan unknowingly gave the false adive and that in order for him to be convicted he had to act with malice. Unlike this next case In the Abel Fields case I believe that…

Ever since the planes had crashed into the Twin Towers in New York on September 1, 2001, Americans had fallen into the state of fear. Since then, Americans were willing to give up their privacy for protection, and even to this day The President of the United States has signed a temporary travel ban that keeps people from other countries entering the U.S. to keep people safe. These actions of protecting the people represents what extent people will go to, to be safe rather than free. American…

The Patriot Act The department of Justice (DOJ) has many different jobs to fulfill in regards to keeping our nation safe. But, the DOJ has one main priority, and that is to prevent future terrorist acts within the United States (US) , and when warranted outside of the US. In a post-9/11 world, meaning after the attacks on the US on September 11th, 2001, the Patriot Act, has played a key role in assisting the DOJ in preventing future acts of terrorism. The writer will examine the pros and cons…

Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, A Republican and a Senator Dick Durbin an Illinois Democrat. This bill would force the NSA to stop collecting phone records. Representatives James Sensenbrenner a Republican for Wisconsin has sponsored a version of the USA Freedom Act that had the support of the Obama administration. Both bills would stop the NSA form collecting private data. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden Democrat from Oregon held a conference with tech giants Microsoft Google and…

An act where the government can provide higher security for our country. An act that further protects Americans. The Patriot act strengthens and improves America by providing the appropriate tools to intercept terrorism in America. Providing America with the maximum security and doing everything to protect us from events such as 9/11 from happening again, is the governments goal with placing the Patriot Act. The one reason many Americans oppose the Patriot act is because of its little success.…

Many believe that the Anti Terrorism Act is in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As stated in the charter that the guarantees are not absolute. The limits posed by Parliament on our basic rights and freedoms are reasonable but does not have a broad description of what this consists of. The fact is that these must be "demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.” This is a common issue found in the Constitution of Canada of who’s to determine what is reasonable…

Alberto Gonzalez an early advocate of the controversial USA Patriot Act. During Gonzalez' tenure the justice department and the Federal Bureau were accused of improperly, and perhaps illegally, us9ing the patriot act to uncover personal information about US citizens. raised the possibility that New York Times journalists could be prosecuted for publishing classified information based on the outcome of the criminal investigation underway into leaks to the Times of data about the National Security…

In 2001 with the passing of the “not so” Patriot Act, new powers were granted to the executive branch that allowed them to suspend due process of any suspect and enact wartime methods of extracting data due to national security or simply deny these civilians their legal rights.(Hunt, 2014) The Patriot Act, was established as an anti-terrorist tool, but quickly added to the nationalist tool box in militant response to civil opposition. The utilization of this militant tool to impede civilians…

In this paper I will be talking about the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, also known as the USA PATRIOT ACT, how it protects the American people and allows law enforcement to protect us, as well as the event which led to the bill being passed and the impact and controversy it has on the American people. I both approve and disapprove of the PATRIOT ACT because although the bill was passed in order to protect us with…

United States wanted to ensure this never occurred again, to ensure this the Patriot Act was passed. The USA PATRIOT Act, commonly known as the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress which President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. The Act was passed a merely 45 after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Only one United States senator, Russell Feingold, of Wisconsin voted against the USA Patriot Act (EPIC). However, just recently this act was extended through 2019. Pro’s for the…