USA PATRIOT Act

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 Patriot Act are the following: 1. Ease of Surveillance The Patriot Act…

much larger emphasis on homeland security and preventing terrorism. On October 2, 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT) was introduced in an attempt to improve homeland security. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 should not have passed because it violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, intrudes upon the First Amendment of the Constitution, but passed because of the widespread…

home was secretly searched allowed by a special court order that was authorized for intelligence purposes (Abramson, 2005). According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the search was an abuse of the Patriot Act masking a search for evidence to use in a criminal…

Today we are talking about the Espionage and Sedition acts, the issuing of the Executive Order 9066 of relocating Japanese Americans, and the USA Patriot Act. These 3 events all took place in the USA. World War I a very hectic war, during that war 2 acts were passed, the Espionage Act and the Sedition act. The Espionage Act was became law June 1917, this law ment if you were to say anything bad about the Military or president or on how the government stinks, then you would be arrested or put to…

Following the attacks that occurred on 9/11, the United States government established the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was put into place to ensure the safety of the citizens of the United States by enhancing the security of the country. The act revised the nation’s surveillance laws, expanding the government’s authority to look into the records of citizens. This law also reduced the judicial oversight, public accountability and the ability to challenge government searches in court. These…

to hinder tragedies. In response to the 9/11 terrorist attack, Congress quickly passed the USA Patriot Act to enhance government surveillance and deter terrorist activity. The Patriot Act targeted foreign communications and domestic cellular data recipients. Arguments arose concerning the domestic surveillance segment of this act, ultimately challenging its Fourth Amendment constitutionality. The Patriot Act is a prime example of how legislation has limited American citizen’s Fourth Amendment…

The Patriot Act was passed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This act allows the government and or federal officials to track and intercept our communications with one another. It also makes new crimes, punishments, and new procedures that we use for terrorists. The history of the Patriot Act, the abuse of our civil liberties, and the current issues with the act lead Americans to feel like they cannot trust their government. We have the Patriot Act because on September 11, 2001…

close to becoming true. His predictions of the government spying on its people can be compared to today's “Patriot Act” in the United States Of America. The Patriot Act was step forward after the horrible nine eleven terrorist attack. The patriot act was created by president bush (Leithauser, 1). This was his first attempt to protect the U.S.A. from future terrorist attacks (Kollar, 7). The act had many different purposes. Its main reason was surveillance to stop terrorist and criminals. For an…

attacks, congress quickly threw out our fourth amendment rights by passing the USA PATRIOT Act. In order to combat the rise of terrorism and to keep up with the advancement of technology, the National Security Agency was expanded to be able to spy on most forms of electronic communication, including phone calls, text messages, and emails, domestically by the 2001 Patriot Act. Despite what the name implies, the Patriot Act is a blatant violation of our constitutional right hidden under the veil…

policy and to bring it up to date. Inner ring of fair information policy is the Right to Privacy Act, the Government in the Sunshine Act, the Paper work Reduction Act, the level equivalents, provide the important part of fair information act. This act was developed during Watergate-era information about their abuse of agency information practices and dissemination practices. The reason for shaping privacy Act of 1974 was the Presidents Commission on…