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    believed in the vital importance of the individual liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. However‚ our government has compromised on these liberties in the name of general welfare. The Founders swore on the safety and security of the citizens despite color or disability‚ and the United States government today has been neglecting and providing no solid justification to the some of their reckless actions. The First Amendment states all civil liberties such as the freedom of speech‚ and the Second

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    Civil Liberties Definition

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    Civil Liberties are a negative impression an individual’s freedom. They ensure essential rights and freedoms to the American individuals by confining the administration’s power‚ which is recognized inside the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. For instance‚ by ensuring American natives the privilege to rehearse their decision of religion. This is found within the First Amendment of the Bill of rights. By ensuring American natives this freedom‚ it enables Americans to have the liberty from the administration’s

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    United States tried to create a nation with equal opportunities and civil liberties for each American citizen. After the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001‚ a shift occurred in the balance of liberties and those fundamental ideas were lost. Since that tragic September day‚ the nation’s undergone a dramatic degenerating alteration where civil liberties continue to disappear from citizens. Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks‚ with virtually no debate‚ Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act on

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    Gill Hicks talks about her personal experience with a terrorist attack. “I survived a terrorist attack. Here’s what I learned” shares the how extremely terrify and life changing it is to go through a terrorist attack and what it can teach you. As one of the few survivors of a train that was blown up‚ Gill talks about her battle to live and how hard it was after her legs had been blown off. Gill Hicks wants everyone to understand that unconditional love and respect for others is all that matters

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    Civil Liberty Definition

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    Civil liberty is an essential element in the societies because without it there is no freedom for people. Civil liberties are the freedom which protect and give to people the opportunity to limit interfere of the government in their lives. Which is expressed the protection of the minority from the tyranny of the power of majority. Religious freedom is the main rights that the constitution had‚ and it was in the first amendment of the constitution. Each amendment in the Bill of rights is there to

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    expected an attack such as 9/11 could have ever occured against the United States. While it should be acknowledged that the 9/11 attacks were on a larger scale than previous attacks perpetrated by Al Qaeda‚ supporters of this argument are fail to realize there were several ways that the CIA could have at least down-scaled or prepared for the attack. The CIA did not take action despite all of the warning of a terrorist attack and did not work to improve their own capabilities to prevent an attack. For instance

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    SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT BE ALLOWED TO DETAIN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS WITHOUT TRIAL? Terrorism isn’t James Bond or Tom Clancy. Even al-Quaeda is looking old school these days--now it’s just some guy with a bomb. He walks the same roads as us. He thinks the same thoughts. But he’s got a bomb. MICHAEL MARSHALL‚ Blood of Angels Thesaurus defines terrorism as the calculated use of violence against civilians to attain political or religious goals. Knowing that a terrorist could

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    Suspension of Civil Liberties in America During Times of War This paper will prove that civil liberties‚ in America‚ during times of war‚ should not be suspended. This paper will prove this point by discussing the impact of the Japanese internment camps in the 1940’s‚ after the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ and more contemporary examples such as the Patriot Act that occurred after the 9/11 attacks. However‚ the main case examined will be the Japanese internment camps. America has always been thought

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    The terms‚ civil liberties and civil rights‚ might be closely related to one another‚ but have often been inadvertently misused. Civil rights are actions within the law that the United States government uses (meaning that they have the right to intervene/enforce) to establish conditions that are equal for all human beings. For instance‚ citizens of the United States‚ with the proper qualifications‚ have the right to vote‚ meaning that right can be enforced through government intervention. Another

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    Civil liberties‚ such as freedom of speech is vital to a better than good political system. Liberalism puts great emphasis on civil liberties and its’ importance to a nation’s population. It allows for dissent from the current policies and legislature to create one more fit to the will of the people. Freedom of speech is a “Fundamental Freedom” (Section 2‚ Charter of Rights and Freedoms) and is an idea that is commonly practiced in the country. Recent Alberta has been habitually exercising this

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