Compare And Contrast The Patriot Act And Sedition Act

As an American, every citizen is entitled to the rights stated in the Constitution. The Constitution ensured citizens would have guaranteed freedoms which are protected by the government. Derived from John Locke and the Social Contract, Thomas Jefferson established the idea of popular sovereignty and constructed a government so all men are created equal. Therefore, as a nation, the source of all power is the people. Also, because the United States is a republic, the people may not run the government, but through elected representatives, they have the ability to control it. The government was intended as a safety net to prevent the people from becoming oppressed and returning to the restraint of enforced religions, classes, or ideas. However,
Attempting to keep the peace usually only increases tensions. During World War One, when the U.S. finally began to enter the battle, Congress passed two laws to prevent defiance of American citizens. The government designed the Espionage Act and Sedition act unconstitutionally. As stated in the first amendment to the Constitution, Congress shall make no laws that will infringe upon one's right to exercise their freedom of speech. Therefore, the govermnet never should have created the Sedition Act. The Sedition Act blatantly states it's intent: to prohibit speech of any kind that seemed disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive to any symbol of America. Other panics have also made the government compromise the integrity of the Bill of rights. While America reached the climax of the Red Scare and immigration increased, many feared for the end of their values. As numbers of suspected radicals and anarchists increased, Mitchell Palmer, decided to take action. Notwithstanding his position in the Department of Justice, Palmer conducted several raids and took in and deported many innocent people. In the end, he collected way more people than warrants, meaning he had illegally accused the individuals. Panic after the Bolshevik Revolution easily had erased the line between what is the right and wrong use of power. Trying to maintain peace had done no more than stripping individuals of their given
citizens but has also taken away the freedom of others. Initially, America had pure intentions, embracing the idea of manifest destiny. At the time, Americans thought anyone would be happy to receive the blessings of their culture. However, instead of assimilating cultures Americans would rather make a society which mirrors their own. America continues to use its power to impose itself upon others through the times of imperialism as well. During the Spanish American War, the U.S. stated by involving itself with the goal of liberating Cuba. Over time the story changed. At first, the U.S. made the Teller amendment, assuring the citizens of Cuba that the Americans would leave as soon as peace was restored. By the end of the war, the United States had declared itself the policing power of the hemisphere in the Roosevelt Corollary. Additionally, America now released the Platt Amendment which stated that Cuba was to do business with only America. Cuba now had no government freedoms like treaties or trade, and all of these provisions were to be secured in the Cuban constitution. Instead of liberating Cuba from Spain, America now imprisoned