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| rdfs:comment | - Was it real Patriotism? There are times When patriotism is bad. The Patriot Act is a threat to personal Freedom and Democracy. While Mainstream America is fine with government protecting us and keeping us safe, mainstream America is also for the Constitution, which requires government to get a warrant to make arrest. This is found in the fourth amendment. It also has been claimed to censor certain writings (such us that supporting Islamists), which goes against the First Amendment. If you're an American and you oppose it they'll try and pretend you're unpatriotic.
- There is a lot of news about what the USA PATRIOT ACT does to our civil rights. There have been so many summaries, it's difficult to get the straight scoop. And honestly, the only way that you will be able to do that is by reading the act itself. Which is difficult, because so much of it references other laws and reaches in to make changes to changes to changes, etc. What I will try to do with this website is to go over the Act, and try to translate what all the changes do, and what they mean. I'm not a professional, so this is going to take a very long time, but I thought I'd give it a go.
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| abstract | - There is a lot of news about what the USA PATRIOT ACT does to our civil rights. There have been so many summaries, it's difficult to get the straight scoop. And honestly, the only way that you will be able to do that is by reading the act itself. Which is difficult, because so much of it references other laws and reaches in to make changes to changes to changes, etc. What I will try to do with this website is to go over the Act, and try to translate what all the changes do, and what they mean. I'm not a professional, so this is going to take a very long time, but I thought I'd give it a go. Congressman Conners's office posted an analysis of the PATRIOT ACT on October 12th, 2001, but I'm thinking this might be the original text that congress worked hard on, rather than the text of the version that was switched out at 3am the night before the vote. The text for this comes from the Government Printing Office. Here we go... UNITING AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TOOLS REQUIRED TO INTERCEPT AND OBSTRUCT TERRORISM (USA PATRIOT ACT) ACT OF 2001 [[Page 115 STAT. 272]] Public Law 107-56 107th Congress An Act To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes. <> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America <> in Congress assembled,
- Was it real Patriotism? There are times When patriotism is bad. The Patriot Act is a threat to personal Freedom and Democracy. While Mainstream America is fine with government protecting us and keeping us safe, mainstream America is also for the Constitution, which requires government to get a warrant to make arrest. This is found in the fourth amendment. It also has been claimed to censor certain writings (such us that supporting Islamists), which goes against the First Amendment. If you're an American and you oppose it they'll try and pretend you're unpatriotic. The sections of USA PATRIOT Act which are still in effect were due to sunset in the year 2015. Don't hold your breath though.
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