The USA PATRIOT Act‚ more commonly known as the Patriot Act‚ was an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush. This paper will review and analyze the stance of the government and where government is in the passing and regulation of the legislation‚ the original legislation as it was put into law‚ litigation that questioned and expressed concern about the constitutionality of Patriot Act and subsequent legislation due to the outcome of some of those lawsuits.
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Justice – The Patriot Homeland Security Act’s On September 11‚ 2001‚ 2‚996 innocent people lost their lives and left more than 6‚000 others seriously wounded. This horrendous act of terrorism waged against the United States‚ on American soil‚ forever changed the country. After the initial disbelief and shock had subsided‚ the anger rose and turned into rage. American citizens were united and demanded action be taken to prevent such an event from ever occurring again. Hence‚ the Patriot Act and the
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The Patriot‚ starring Mel Gibson‚ portrays the story of a South Carolina plantation owner who was hesitant to enter the American revolution‚ but eventually does when the British kill his son and burn down his house. Gibson’s character‚ Benjamin Martin‚ is a compilation of multiple Revolutionary War figures‚ including Francis Marion. Symbolism plays a large role in this film. The British in this film are made out to be evil people. This feeds into the American narrative that the British were the
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The Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26‚ 2001 by President George Bush. USA Patriot Act is actually an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. Since it has passed‚ it has been one of the leading roles in preventing many terrorist attacks that are planned to hurt innocent civilians. Its goals were to strengthen the power of law-enforcement agencies and the domestic securities. Not only was it extremely controversial
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In the text from the Patriot the author highlights many historical inaccuracies‚ one of those being the fact that in the text the British cavalry wore a red dress uniform. In reality they were given the name Green Dragoons because of the obvious fact a green coat was worn during battle. Another misleading fact in the movie The Patriot was the main character Benjamin Martin. Benjamin Martin was a made up character for movie purposes. The actual events for his character a made up of multiple real life
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The “Patriot” takes place in South Carolina in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. It is a story about a widowed father of seven‚ named Benjamin Martin. Benjamin was involved in the French and Indian War before marrying and starting a family. He is reluctant to join the conflict as he remembers too well his own experience in the earlier French and Indian War. After his wife passed away he does everything to keep his family together and away from war. He is a patriot who wants no part in a war with
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The Patriot movie was an intriguing movie about man named Benjamin Martin‚ a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past‚ is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britain. Meanwhile‚ his two eldest sons‚ Gabriel and Thomas‚ can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to go to war with Britain‚ Gabriel immediately signs up to fight‚ without his father’s permission. But soon‚ Colonel Tavington‚ British solder infamous for his brutal tactics‚ captures Gabriel and
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The patriot Part 1: Introduction Because I know I’m not writing this essay for someone who hasn’t seen the movie‚ I’m not going to describe every single second in this summary‚ just the most important parts. The movie is about the historical event: the American Revolutionary War. The main character‚ Benjamin Martin‚ whom I like to call Martin rather than Benjamin and so I will‚ has fought in the French – Indian war‚ also known as the Seven Years’ war or the War of
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The Patriot Movie The Patriot movie has been a great movie. All the scenes were incredible and others were devastating. Having to watch this history movie has become one of my favorite movies with the scenes that I have chosen. My first scene I chose was actually a very sad part of the movie. It was when Benjamins 2nd oldest son was shot by one of the British cruel leaders. He was killed because he was trying to free his oldest son Gabriel and was shot instead. After that‚ Benjamin became upset
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The Patriot‚ starring Mel Gibson‚ Heath Ledger‚ Jason Issacs‚ and many others‚ is a suitable example of what Hollywood does to history. Although certain events and issues handled in the film are correct‚ there are glaring examples of liberties taken with the source material‚ which is history itself. The Patriot begins rather idyllically‚ which is a warning sign to begin with; the film is about the Revolutionary War after all. Mel Gibson plays a character named Benjamin Martin‚ who is actually an
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