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    nation accepted it with open arms for its promising results. What many did not know at this point and will only find out years later was that The Patriot Act will violate their Fourth Amendment rights down the road and that all American citizens and not just those suspected of committing a crime will be a target of this surveillance program. The Patriot Act gave law enforcement several authorities they did not have before to perform their job with less hassles (such as officers had to obtain multiple

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    Patriot Act Case Study

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    Should Congress have enacted the patriot act to combat terrorism and protect citizens after 9/11/2001‚ or was it an extreme measure of legislation that violated our civil liberties? As a patriotic citizen‚ I feel as though sacrifices are necessary when large-scale devastation occurs. So‚ yes‚ they should have enacted the patriot act which allowed them to invade our privacy and impose unusual treatment of suspected terrorists at that time. Furthermore‚ as long as ISIS is a threat they should use

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    Foreword- Every time Michael wakes up he goes and gets his slaves to make sure they are working by the time he’s up. And if they are not he really hurts them and it’s not fair to the slaves and he is very hard on them. He doesn’t pay them anything even though he is one of the most richest Americans. He owns 100 slaves‚ 3 houses‚ and 10 plantations‚ and has 600 million dollars. At auctions he spends lots of money on these slaves and he purposely separates people from their families cause he is just

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    Patriot Act Pros And Cons

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    promptly passed the USA PATRIOT ACT Providing so as to unite and Strengthening America Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. On October 26‚ President George W. Support denoted the Patriot Act into law. He praised the new gadgets to fight the present danger a danger like no other our Nation has ever stood up to. He moreover pronounced that the Patriot Act keeps up and respects the regular opportunities guaranteed by our Constitution. The Patriot Act characterizes residential

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    living thing that they do? Through loopholes in the Patriot Act‚ the government misuses their power by spying on millions of innocent Americans. The people do have rights within the fourth Amendment though. Simplified‚ it states that Americans have the right to privacy unless there is probable cause. (Kids n.d.) Where do we as Americans draw the line? The Patriot Act is an Act that was signed by George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2001. The Patriot Act is an acronym that stands for Providing Appropriate

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    belligerent Islamic fundamentalists were trying to take away the lively hood of every Christian American. Even worse than that‚ trying to seize the world into becoming an Islamic terrorist who would die if they went against the Islamic faith. In The Last Patriot‚ Scot Harvath and Tracy save Anthony Nichols from a car bombing and then from a shooting inside a hotel where the two of them are interrogating him. All three of them are on the hunt for the Don Quixote book to get the information they need to find

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    fight for their freedom‚ the beginning of what our country is known for. There are always two sides to every story however‚ in this case there are three. On the colonists’ side there were the PatriotsLoyalists and those who remained neutral throughout this war. Each having their differing beliefs. The Patriots were those in the colonies who wanted to gain their independence and fight for their country. They wanted to be independent because they didn’t believe they were being treated fairly by the

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    Movie: The Patriot Characters: Benjamin Martin is a farmer and was a member of the military during the Seven Years War. He had lost his wife and joins the Revolutionary War due to the loss of his 15 year old son. He is promoted to colonel in the continental army and leads his eldest son to find recruits to stall General Cornwallis until the French arrive. He uses hit and run tactics to take out many British soldiers‚ many of these battles taking place in the swamps. Gabriel Martin is Benjamin’s

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    terrorist threats‚ and having loved ones in harms way‚ has Scot Harvath enduring to change the pattern and protect his surroundings even though he is a retired agent‚ would you take a stand for your country and do something about it. The story The Last Patriot takes place in different countries around the world‚ but each having the same threats created by a Terrorist named Dodd and his assassins. With the enemy having more than one target‚ it has the President struggling to find the cause‚ so he sends multiple

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    The book I have read is Young Patriots‚ by Charles Cerami. The book took place seven years after the revolution‚ America was in crisis. The government wasn’t functioning‚ but the citizens didn’t care. Then two unknown men‚ Hamilton and Madison‚ envisioned a plan that no one else thought could happen: a truly United States. The two men had gone against all odds and worked together by strategizing to get the right men to agree on the right ideas. Their result was the most brilliant documents ever

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