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AN ARGUMENT FOR REPEALING THE U.S. PATRIOT ACT

whim of the FBI or CIA. The ACLU points out, for example, that Section 215 of the Act allows the FBI to...

The Patriot Act

guilty. By using the Patriot act they were able to obtain information that could be shared in order to piece together what was g...

USA Patriot Act Advantages and Disadvantages

federal government to investigate suspected terrorists quickly and without going through time-consuming bureaucratic channels. Th...

The Patriot Act

vital to national security (Pike 1). The 9/11 Commission even pinpointed several failure of communication that occurred within th...

A Summary of Five Acts

was the Great Depression and other conditions at the time that mandated the creation of social and economic programs. One has to r...

Safeguards and Penalties for Improper Use of Data and U.S. Law

to criminal issues were not sufficient to address computer fraud. To an extent, wire and mail fraud issues were addressed in the p...

The Patriot Act

allow law officers to gather information" quickly when there is a known "imminent threat to life or limb" (Sanchez, 2004, p. 12). ...

Korematsu v. United States and an Assessment of the Patriot Act

them to the most rigid scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antago...

The Patriot Act

knowledge or consent of the targeted individual". (Robinson, 2003). Wire taps on our phones, monitoring...

Sacrificing Liberty for Security, 9/11 Restrictions

This argumentative essay states a position against the restrictions imposed under the Patriot Act due to 9/11. At the end of the e...

ObamaCare For and Against

This essay discusses the Health Reform Act of 2010, the Patient Protection And Affordable Health Care Act. The essay identifies th...

DEFENSE ACTS TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES

U.S. governments ability to examine terrorism financing and money laundering as well as allowing the government to closely examine...

Privacy Impact of the USA Patriot Act

claim that the new rule violates the constitutional right to counsel (2002). Indeed, the act does change things and suggesting th...

Reactions to the Patriot Act's Primary Points

tax. Patriot II is slated to replace the Patriot Act, but it is not yet fully refined and defined in its scope (Drake, 2003). Li...

Changes to the Bank Secrecy Act

altered since the terrorist attacks. The BSA has many provision, mostly related to money laundering. To sum up the gist of the act...

October 2001 Patriot Act Passage

provision. The objections that required this were due to the impact that the powers would have in terms of freedom and libraries. ...

The Patriot Act Must be Changed

ironically, this law that is supposed to uphold what America stands for actually chips away at guaranteed rights for all citizens....

The Patriot Act Violates the Fourth Amendment

laws and by increasing terms of punishment" (p.134). The legal response had been driven by the public fear about attacks in the fu...

1931's Davis Bacon Act

has enacted a variety of statutes that extend Davis-Bacons prevailing wage provisions to construction projects for which the fede...

The Effect of Prohibition on the Roaring 20s

Indeed, the impact Prohibition has had on social change, both then and now, is nothing short of monumental. Its existence forced ...

GREED VS. NEED: THE ROOT OF THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE

throwing the military into a needed war in Afghanistan and a still-questioned war in Iraq. In other words, things dont happen in a...

Does the Human Rights Act Protect Civil Liberties?

in law. Article 8 may be seen as balanced with Article 29 which is the right of expression. Article 8 states that "Everyone has th...

Arguing for the Repeal of the Helms Burton Law

In ten pages this paper presents an argument favoring the Helms Burton Law repeal in terms of the devastation it will inflict on w...

'Repealing' The Communications Decency Act and the US Supreme Court

In seven pages this paper examines the arguments and counterarguments associated with this case and the dissenting opinion is also...

Overview of the United States' Patriot Act

bill was pushed through so quickly that many were taken unaware before they could examine and act on it. "It is a large and compl...

Patriot Act Benefits Assessment

point of the Patriot Act is to make all Americans "better off" by enhancing national security to guard against future acts of terr...

Due Process and the Definition and Delineation of Individual Rights

Due process has had a definitive impact on the delineation and definition of the rights of American citizens. Interestingly, howe...

Challenges to Criminal Justice

liberties that are guaranteed to Americans in the Constitution are not lost in the process of addressing this problem. Commentator...

Super Bowl Coverage: Print And Broadcast

response is directly related to how well the reporter can convey the necessary emotion in but a few critical paragraphs, a challen...

Prosecutorial Misconduct?

was turned over to North Carolinas attorney general (Seattle Times, 2007). The Duke rape made national headlines and could ...