organize information about the USA PATRIOT ACT. From the Electronic Reserve Reading article Update: USA Patriot Act, identify and classify characteristics of PATRIOT ACT provisions. Describe how each provision either poses potential risks to civil liberties, aids the War on Terror, or possibly both. While completing the table, consider what each provision means to you on a personal level. For example, Section 218 makes it easier for federal agents to open a criminal case on you or other citizens
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Toulmin Worksheet * Claim: A national Identity card could be an effective tool to promote safety and save us time and money. * Qualifier: * “From a civil liberties perspective, I prefer a system that takes a little bit of freedom from all to one that takes a great deal of freedom and dignity from the few -- especially since those few are usually from a racially or ethnically” disfavored group * At many bridges and tunnels across the country, drivers avoid long delays at the toll
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS AND AMERICA’S FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SECURITY MEASURES [pic] By Latisha Gant Table of Contents I. Introduction A. How has America’s Attitude toward terrorism changed after September 11, 20011 B. What are people and Government reactions to terrorism after 911? C. Why was America’s Protection Agency Homeland Security Formed? II. Balancing American Civil rights and Against Terrorism A. What is American Census and Attitude towards
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days after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, also known as the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act, or the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was created with the intention of finding and indicting international terrorists performing on American soil; however, the adverse ramifications of the Act have been dire. Many of the Patriot Act’s virtues
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The Underlying Truth of the Sons of Liberty In Todd Alan Kreamer’s article Sons of Liberty: Patriots or Terrorists, Kreamer delivers the reader with a simple yet complex question that leaves an individual questioning themselves. Were the Sons of Liberty, a group which we grew up being taught were passionate patriots rebelling against the oppressive British, terrorists instead? Perplexed with this question and delivered with facts from all different angles, I believe this group was an organization
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it took something that overwhelming for us to realize that we were not prepared. As I think of the main police mission to serve and protect, terrorism has caused us not only to think of those two fundamental ideas, but to expand into training, knowledge and partnership. Terrorism has caused police departments to create specialized units in handling terrorism. The Patriot Act opened the door for the line of communication between local and federal governments. Before the Patriot Act, it was not as easy
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combatting the ‘War on Terrorism’, both on a global scale and within the United States. Within the United States the idea of achieving National Security, in some cases, often comes with the sacrifice of certain civil liberties in order to afford safety for its citizens, preserving the ability for each person to achieve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Some of the laws that have been enacted and that have been highly debated of wearing down American civil liberties, are that of those laws
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full name of this act is “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act) Act of 2001,” and was passed only 45 days after the terrorist attacks. There are many arguments on whether or not the Patriot Act is designed to work for the better of the world, or to take away many of the civil liberties that belong to citizens of the United States. On the surface, it seems like the Patriot Act is working towards the right goal:
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Mapping an Argument Karla Cooper CRT/205 September 15, 2013 Laura Mellott Mapping an Argument Article #1 Gun Control The article’s issue was about gun control in the United States and how the constitution should be challenged on this controversial topic. Discussions about citizens’ rights to bear arms extend back to ancient times. Supporters of gun control would like even tighter restrictions on the sale and circulation of firearms. According to Samuel Adams he argued that the Constitution
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France as the country divided ideologically while attempting to answer the difficult question, “what is free speech?” Gaining insight from American politics, whose constitution was heavily influenced by French political values of freedom and liberty, the First Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees its people the right to express their opinions and beliefs through writing, demonstrations, and other forms of expression without government restraint unless the direct (words) and
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