The Government is Watching Us The United States government has been one of the most supreme governments ever to exist in the world. For years‚ there has not been a government that can compare to the US government. However‚ that does not mean that the US government is a perfect one. In fact‚ many of the government ’s tactics are being debated today. For example‚ after September 11‚ 2001‚ the US passed the Patriot Act on October 26‚ 2001. The term USA Patriot is an acronym which stands for Uniting
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Criminals Should Be Punished Or Not Debate criminals deserve to be punished. Most of the people would not hesitate to claim that those who break the law should be punished ans]d put into prison as long as possible in case they continue to endager our lives and property. Also‚ if criminals are not given any punishment they may commit crimes again and again.Crime in general is the worst thing a person can do because it violates the law and it is a violation against the victims.Therefore‚ to protect
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in extensive surveillance and data mining. Regarding surveillance‚ in December 2005‚ the New York Times revealed that after September 11‚ the Bush Administration secretly authorized the National Security Administration (NSA) to engage in warrantless wiretapping of American citizens’ telephone calls.1 As for data mining‚ which involves analyzing * © Daniel J. Solove 2007. Associate Professor‚ George Washington University Law School; J.D.‚ Yale Law School. Thanks to Chris Hoofnagle‚ Adam Moore‚ and
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The Bill of Rights lists our basic rights and place limits on the federal government. They include the freedoms of speech and religion‚ the right to bear arms‚ the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and an assurance that the powers not delegated to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states and the people. Many of these provisions were based upon similar protections provided by state constitutions that limited the power of state and local government
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The fourth amendment is the protection from unreasonable search and seizure unless probable cause is present and in most cases‚ a warrant is issued. This amendment was included in the Declaration of Independence due to searches that the colonists were subjected to. The colonists did not want to pay the taxes being enforced by the King‚ so they began to smuggle goods into the United States via boat. The King of Britain obviously did not agree with this‚ so he sent British ships that could stop and
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eliminate acts of terrorism on the United States. This act was signed in 2001 by president George W. Bush. Just weeks after the terrorist attacks on 9/11(NBCNews). The Patriot Act allows for the government to identify terrorist. “This is done by wiretapping and monitoring text messages and phone calls’’(Diamond).I am not saying that are civil liberty aren’t important but when it comes to keeping our citizens safe then this is the only choice. People who have nothing to hid should have no problem with
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expand the boundaries of the Fourth Amendment by making it more flexible‚ with the purpose of protecting citizens against invasive methods of surveillance from the government. Prior to this case the Court had ruled in the Olmstead v. U.S. that wiretapping did not violate a Fourth amendment violation since the government did not control the telephone wires and the agents did not trespass onto the property of Olmstead and it was gathered by hearing (souza). The Court said that there was no search
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Basic search and seizure warrant requirements A search occurs when an expectation of privacy that society considers reasonable is infringed by a governmental employee or by an agent of the government. Private individuals who are not acting in either capacity are exempt from the Fourth Amendment prohibitions. A seizure refers to the interference with an individual ’s possessory interest in property. To meet the definition of an unreasonable seizure‚ the property ’s owner must have had a reasonable
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Seminar on organized crime Discussion Paper: John Gotti Jr. John Gotti was born in the bronx on October 27‚ 1940. His family moved into a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn when he was 12. John began to love the streets and dropped out of school in 8th grade. After spending years performing small crimes and gaining respect in the underworld‚ he became affiliated with the Gambino family in 1966. In the family‚ John made a lot of money hijacking freight trucks at Kennedy airport. The
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THIRD DIVISION [G.R. No. 121917. March 12‚ 1997] ROBIN CARIÑO PADILLA @ ROBINHOOD PADILLA‚ petitioner‚ vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE of the PHILIPPINES‚ respondents. D E C I S I O N FRANCISCO‚ J.: On October 26‚ 1992‚ high-powered firearms with live ammunitions were found in the possession of petitioner Robin Padilla @ Robinhood Padilla‚ i.e.: "(1) One .357 Caliber revolver‚ Smith and Wesson‚ SN-32919 with six (6) live ammunitions; "(2) One M-16 Baby Armalite rifle‚ SN-RP 131120 with
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