Patriot Act
Essays

¶ … conceptualization and development of new criminal laws and the alteration of existing criminal laws. Further, in this investigation will be included the specific roles of the political lobbyist, the media, citizen…

Global response to refugees and terrorists

This paper is about the war on terror and the US attempts to understand what went on around the year 2001. The expansion of American counter terrorism is also discussed, from the local police level all the way up to the federal agencies that are now in charge of US counterterrorism. Also, the future of counter terrorism is discussed, especially since budgets have been so strained recently.

Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804 occupies a distinct position in the history of humanity. Riding on the tail of the French Revolution, in which the Declaration of the Rights of Man paved the way for a new paradigm of…

Terrorism Memo to the Department of Homeland Security: There are federal statutes on the books that can help address the way that terrorists finance their draconian operations. This document delves into the specifics of how financing can be cut off or at least addressed to some extent, enough to bottle up terrorist movements which of course require money. What is terrorist financing? Jeff Breinholt coordinated the Department of Justice Terrorist Financing Task Force in 2003, and he published an article explaining what the law is in the United States vis-à-vis terrorist financing. "Terrorist financing enforcement has emerged as a powerful means of disrupting…" those terrorist supporters in the U.S., and also "…those who use our financial system and generosity against us" (Breinholt, 2003, p. 1).

This paper examines the reasons that led Americans to support the Patriot Act. It focuses on the philosophies of Rousseau and Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations) as well as Hamilton's Federalist No. 23 and De Tocqueville's assessment of one of America's deeply embedded oxymorons--the practice of religious liberty and what that entails.

Post-9/11 America is an uncomfortably appropriate time to be taking a look at literature like George Orwell's 1984. Given the current political climate of the United States, Orwell's dark, repressive world hits close to…

¶ … growth and use of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution using the modern day criminal justice system.

The Context of Eugene Debs' Court Statemtent

A Policy Memo on the Problems, Strategies, and Recommendations of Terrorism Funding