other acts of violence and terrorism. Finally‚ the unprovoked attack on March 7‚ 1965‚ by state troopers on peaceful marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma‚ Alabama‚ en route to the state capitol in Montgomery‚ persuaded the President and Congress to overcome Southern legislators’ resistance to effective voting rights legislation. President Johnson issued a call for a strong voting rights law and hearings began soon thereafter on the bill that would become the Voting Rights Act. Congress
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the Patriot Act‚ largely expanding the governments reach in national security. The Department of Justice’s first responsibility is to prevent future terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Since the attacks on September 11th‚ the Patriot Act has played a tremendous role in our government‚ often being the leading role in successful operations to protect innocent civilians from the plans of terrorists. Basically the Congress took laws that were already laws and modified them into the Patriot Act to make them
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Stamp Act A new act was passed by the Parliament in March 22 ‚ 1765 and made colonist very mad. It was called The Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a law passed by the Parliament because of the French and Indian war dept. The Stamp Act tax the colonist on any use of printed materials (newspaper‚ magazines‚ legal documents and etc.). The colonist had 7 month to think about the Stamp act before it took effect. In summer/ fall the Stamp Act the colonist
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government of the United States of America found the need to take measures that would protect the lives of the people of America. Hence in relation to these attacks the then President Bush set an act in motion that would prevent further terrorist attacks. This act came to be known as the U.S.A Patriot Act. This act aimed by giving all the enforcement agencies tools so that they could combat terrorism. It has become one of the most imperative weapons that the state has against terrorism. It also breaks
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The Clayton antitrust act was passed in 1914. The act was drafted by Alabama Democrat Henry De Lamar Clayton. President Wilson instructed congress to come up with the act when he went into office in 1912. Wilson felt as though large companies had too many freedoms. The Act was put into effect to prohibit anticompetitive price discrimination‚ prohibit against certain tying and exclusive deal practices‚ expand power to private parties to sue and obtain triple damages‚ labor exemption that permitted
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The Sugar Act Sugar and molasses were important commodities for Britain since they were its source of revenue from the colonies. The British West Indies were originally the colonists’ main molasses provider; however the colonists bought molasses from foreign markets where the commodity was cheaper. Because the colonists depended on other countries‚ the British government passed the Molasses Act in 1733‚ which implemented a tax of six pence per gallon on molasses bought from non-British colonies
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Thesis: The Patriot Act was established post 9/11 to alleviate a problem with information sharing and surveillance data in the United States. For the sake of national security the government used and abused the peoples rights with the provisions granted by the Patriot Act. This led to the inception of the USA Freedom Act limiting the governments use and attempting to restore the public’s trust. Introduction: After the terrorist attacks on 9/11 the Patriot Act was put in place. It provided the government
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10/19/2014 Civil Liberties or Security? Just 6 weeks after the attacks on 9/11‚ the Bush Administration put forth an act to help protect and ensure the United States from any further international terrorist attacks that may penetrate U.S. soil. Known as the PATRIOT ACT or “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism‚” Act‚ It had been proposed and created with the wise intentions to find and intercept terrorists operating on American soil
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passed for bills known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. There were many controversies that developed around and because of these acts. The Alien Acts had three parts. The first part stated that you had to live on U.S. soil for at least fourteen years in oder to become a citizen. The second part stated that the President had power to deport all aliens that he thought dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States. The third part to this act stated that the United States could restrain and remove
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Patriot Act and Its Questionable Legal Boundaries Since the aftermath of the terrorist attack of September 11th. 2014. The Patriot Act was enabled to enhance domestic security of the state‚ and federal branch of the government‚ it was ushered in out of the fear the terrorist were here in masses. While we all were concerned with the safety of the people and our country‚ few knew the underlying damaging message of The Patriot Act to our Bill
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