Compare And Contrast Espionage And Sedition Act

The reason biggest reason that this is so controversial is the ability of our intelligence agencies acquire wire taps and search people personal correspondents without a warrant signed by a judge. However, I do not find this to be so troubling and the reason for that is, if you aren't doing anything in the way of terrorist activities you have nothing to worry about. People complain about their fourth amendment

From the beginning, the United States Constitution has guaranteed the American people civil liberties. These liberties have given citizens rights to speak, believe, and act freely. The Constitution grants citizens the courage to express their mind about something they believe is immoral or unjust. The question is, how far are citizens willing to extend the meanings of these liberties? Some people believe that American citizens take advantage of their civil liberties, harming those around them. On the contrary, many other people feel that civil liberties are necessary tools to fight for their Constitutional rights.

Throughout America’s history people have fought for more rights and freedoms. Civil rights and civil liberties have been at the center of these arguments. Whether the argument was to have more rights or have our freedoms enforced people have been using civil rights and civil liberties as their rationale. American history has been defined by the many rights and freedoms the people have been granted.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress sprang into action. Within a month, U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the USA Patriot Act of 2001, giving law enforcement and intelligence agent’s broader authority to fight terrorists operating in the United States.

America’s history is one based on the fight for freedom. The idea that freedom is not free is ingrained into the minds of many Americans, and many of these freedoms are those of civil liberties. In the past, not every citizen had the luxury of civil liberties, basic human rights, given to them. Since the early days of America, those who have fought for their freedom have earned these liberties and most issues have since been resolved.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798.The Alien and Sedition Acts reflected anti-French hysteria because it prevented immigrants from entering the United States. The acts passed by Congress were in direct response to the French foreign threat and the French Revolution. The Reign of Terror was terrifying and the States wanted to keep peace amongst its people. There were afraid of the masses rising up against them like what was happening in France. These acts allowed deportation of foreigners, and in addition made it difficult for immigrants to vote. When these acts were passed by Congress it only strengthened federal security.

One of the most popular cases of this argument to discuss is the issue of the Patriot Act. It was hastily passed following 9/11 and gave the federal government a license to restrict privacy in

One of the most controversial policies to pass legislation within the United States congress with the approval of our president at the time, George W. Bush, was the USA PATRIOT Act. The USA PATRIOT Act is actually a acronym for the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. This Act reduced the restrictions, which now allowed the law the power to search various electronic communications records as well as medical and financial records. It also enabled fewer restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering, broadened the immigration enforcement laws to allow them to more easily detain and deport immigrants suspected of involvement with

The country was built upon the Constitution, and the morals that were continuously upheld by generations (at times poorly) that all men are equal and are to be treated as such. By taking away the working class’ right to this, the whole foundation of the country was shook. All through time, the US was born by people speaking out against flaws in the land they inhibited, the 13 Colonies may have still been in place if speaking out were forbidden and discouraged. Despite this, the act was still passed, a law that gave far too much power to the central government and gave them the potential to attack anyone who may disagree with them. The Espionage Act was a desperate Act by the Government to help unify the country in a time of war, and in turn, was a direct violation of the 1st rights of

For centuries the debate over how far our first amendment extends has reoccurred and been ever present in the court system. The Alien and Sedition acts was the first time it became noticeable that there were limits attached to our speech. They can be traced back as the beginning of this issue, since the dilemma of what exactly “freedom of speech” means began being argued. Multiple different scenarios were brought forth to the legal system in order to determine whether punishment was due or the act was excusable, simply because of the fact that our government was slacking in establishing a set-in stone meaning behind the first amendment.

“ Whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy “ written by Thomas Jefferson.  As the Federalists, and Democratic Republican has always not been too fond of each other, but they now have another feud. As people contemplate whether Alien and Sedition Acts are constitutional or unconstitutional, that is up to you to decide. In this essay you will see how the Alien Acts are unconstitutional, and the Sedition Acts are constitutional.

(O) This billed limited freedom of American people and angered those who were persecuted from the

The rights of the people in America should not be infringed upon because these rights are guaranteed. And if abused, it not only infringes the rights of the people, but also diminishes the moral code of citizens of the United States. Furthermore, the civil rights that have protected people from the government now seem like they are being taken away from the government itself. The government has given itself the privilege to tap our phones, read and scan emails, access bank accounts, invade homes, and detain someone indefinitely. All of this is happening without any prior legal courses of action or our knowledge. This right to privacy, a fundamental liberty that is implied by the fourth amendment in the U.S. constitution, continues to be infringed upon by the government.

“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made”.This quote is said by Otto von Bismarck.I agree with this because the government make laws that will make people happy or mad because they do not think that the law will apply to them.Some people like to have a say in when the government is making the laws.People just like to see the laws, but they really do not know how they really are made and how long it takes for the laws to get passed.Some people time all it takes is a month for it to pass but it take longer.But I am not sure how took back then then to pass these laws that U.S. might have.They laws that I will be telling out about are from World War.The Espionage Act: punished anyone found guilty of helping the enemy, hindering recruitment, or inciting revolt.The Sedition Act: prohibited any speech that was disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive.Trading with the Enemy Act: the postmaster general gained the power to censor any publications exchange with other countries.Some of these laws might seem harsh or not harsh enough. However it depends on how you take look at the acts to see if they were actually helpful or not helpful to the U.S.The Espionage Act, Sedition Act and Trading with the Enemy Act was too harsh or not harsh enough.

I noted that the U.S. civil liberties, as well as, U.S. civil rights are generally located in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, as well as, the Fourteenth Amendment. The distinction between civil liberties and civil rights is blurred since the concepts are used interchangeably, even though they refer to different kinds of guaranteed protections. Civil liberties are protections against government actions. Whereas civil rights refer to positive actions governments should take to create equal conditions. The primary objective of this essay is to distinguish between civil rights and civil liberties. In this essay, I present a case related to the civil right to free expression or creation of equal conditions in forum 4.1. Whereas in forum 4.2 I present a provision of the US Patriot Act related to civil liberties or protections against federal government action.