USA PATRIOT Act

phenomenon we are moving forward indefinitely. During the course of this paper, we will go over the Chinese Exclusion Act, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911, Immigration Act of 1965 and The Patriot Act. The Chinese Exclusion Act was a restrictive law that prohibited Chinese immigration in the United States. The Act was enacted in 1882 and affected the Chinese immigrants. Notably, the Act suspended Chinese immigrants and declared them ineligible for naturalization.…

Surveillance: A Tale Told By An Idiot It is true people do hate America but the entire world is hated and distrusted by someone. There are times that I myself have found reasons to look at America as nothing more than an enemy that looks to hold me down, but the true question is why do groups that are defined as terrorist organisations hate America as much as a Star Wars fans hates the Prequels. The United States may not be the best nation on earth but by the view of the people that live here…

granted federal law enforcement extremely broad and sweeping powers for prosecuting many crimes that don’t involve terrorism, in particular drug trafficking. Many of the provisions within the PATRIOT ACT had been specifically rejected by Congress before 9/11, but very few people, if anyone, actually read the PATRIOT Act as it had been changed in the middle of the night before voting. Our justice system is based upon a simple constitutional tenet. The government must have a reasonable…

order of then President Harry S. Truman in 1952 with the purpose of conducting responsible global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. With the passage of the PATRIOT act, the scope of NSA and FBI intelligence operations was raised exponentially…

The U.S. government loosely defines these circumstances and the meaning of relevancy. If property is, as Sensenbrenner states in his letter, “relevant to an authorized investigation into international terrorism”, then under section 215 of the Patriot Act the government is able “to apply to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to issue an order for the production of tangible things” (Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder) and law enforcement can conduct a search and seizure. This court…

of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it”(Singer 1972, 300-304). It requires a sacrifice of one to have the other. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, tons of people supported the United States government in applying the Patriot Act. This act alone decreased the civil rights of Americans suspected of terrorism. So to sacrifice the…

Implemented by Senator Ted Kennedy and signed into law by President Carter in 1978 “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was introduced to sanction procedures for requesting judicial approval for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power. But in 2013, a young contractor/whistleblower named Edward Snowden released a series of detailed disclosures of internal documents to…

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…