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S. The Department of Justice and the Bush administration claim that the Patriot Act has been instrumental in preventing further terrorist attacks in the U.S. after 9/11. However, the Civil libertarians claim that the Act severely compromises the civil liberties granted in the U.S. constitution and violates the due process law of the Fourth Amendment.
Outline:
Introduction:
Provides basic information about the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act and a 'contract statement' of the essay, i.e., what the essay is about.
Controversy about the Law:
Reviews the controversy about the law including, the fact that the bill was introduced and passed in haste by bypassing the normal procedures;
briefly outlines official and opposing points-of-view about the act;
explains why it is still a hot issue -- the fact that the Bush administration wants...
These include Sections 206, 215, 216, 411 and 412.
Impact on Fourth Amendment:
Describes the parts of the Act that arguably violate the Fourth Amendment, i.e., Sections 206, 213, and 218.
The name is actually an acronym: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act" which does not have anything to do with Patriotism
The law was passed by a vote of 357 to 66 in the House and by 98 to 1 in the Senate
Dubbed "Patriot II" by the press
It even allows the government to check which books a person has got issued from a library
References
'Bush Sees Patriot Act Renewal As Key Goal." (2004). The Associated Press. Nov. 12, 2004. Retrieved on November 24, 2004 from http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=248010
"EFF Analysis of the Provisions of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act That Relate To Online Activities." (2003). Electronic Frontier Foundation. October 27, 2003. Retrieved on November 24, 2004 from http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.php
Halperin, Jason. (2003). "Patriot Raid." AlterNet. April 29, 2003. Retrieved on November 24, 2004 from http://www.alternet.org/story/15770/
Lithwick, Dahlia and Turner, Julia. (2003). "A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 1." Slate.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2004 from http://slate.msn.com/id/2087984/
---------------------------- -- (2003). "A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 3." Slate.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2004 from http://slate.msn.com/id/2088161/
'The U.S.A. PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty." (2003). Department of Justice. Retrieved on November 24, 2004 from http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism is the extended terminology that refers to the U.S.A. Patriot Act which, following the events of 9/11 was passed by the Senate immediately and almost unanimously. When the Pentagon and the World Trade Center were attacked in 2001, concerns over national security and America's susceptibility to terrorist threats emerged more so as the country remained baffled
The effect is that exclusion is not only applied to those who would hurt the government but also to those that would uphold the same. The Patriot Act provides facilitation of shared information as well as cooperation between agencies of the government in order for all the pieces of the puzzle to fit together. The Act moves aside the barriers that have Constitutionally speaking prevented the police, intelligence as well
This change is likely to come about as lawmakers realize how their skirting of Constitutional protections for one area they are in favor of can easily be applied to other areas once the door is opened for working outside the appropriate framework. Bibliography Edgar, T.H., (2003, February 14). Section-by-section analysis of Justice Department draft "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003," also known as "Patriot Act II." ACLU. http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/17203leg20030214.html Lithwick, D. And Turner,
However the disclaimers of USA Patriot Act agree on the necessity of protecting the nation and the world against terrorism, they also emphasize on the need to further analyze and change the act so that it does protect the individual liberties of the U.S. citizens and respects the provisions in the American constitution. 5. Discussion The question that has been asked by many simple individuals relies in the true agenda of the
USA PATRIOT Act: Discussion Questions The USA PATRIOT Act, as the Department of Justice (2014) points out was enacted by Congress with an aim of equipping those charged with the enhancement of law and order with new tools to not only combat but also prevent acts of terror. An acronym, the PATRIOT Act, in the words of Ronczkowski (2006, p. 64), is "formally known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by
These include "books, letters, diaries, library records, medical and psychiatric records, financial information, membership lists of religious institutions, and even -- as Attorney General Ashcroft himself conceded in testimony before Congress -- genetic information" ("ACLU"). A real life example of how an innocent individual's civil rights can be so easily violated was presented by Jason Halperin's account, in his article Patriot Raid. Halperin had gone with his roommate to see