Impact of the Gulf War, September 11th, and the War in Iraq on the U.S. Constitution

Once approved by every State the U.S. Constitution was put in effect in 1789. The U.S. Constitution brought the President, Supreme Court and Congress into play. It states the powers held by each office and lays out how each position should be picked. The U.S Constitution also states the rights of every U.S citizen.

    I believe that the U.S constitution should be applied in a more expansive sense. A lot of our country has changed since 1789 when the constitution was first written. The way of life is different, the way we prosecute criminals is different, even the way we handle civil disputes is different. At the beginning, the constitution served as an application to that era’s disputes and defiances. Today we are seeing new issues arising. Human rights, police brutality, protesting in a criminally provocative way , yes, you name

A constitution is the fundamental principles of government in a nation, either implied in its laws, institutions, and customs, or embodied in one fundamental document. The U.S. Constitution was completed on September 17, 1789 and has served as a model for the constitutions of many other nations. The constitution of the United States of America is the oldest written national constitution in use and consists of twenty-seven amendments.

President George W. Bush had to become ready to be a wartime president. Once he knew about the attack he knew it was about terrorism. Once the citizens of New York noticed the attack on the world trade center and the attack on the Pentagon Bush had to immediately make an act. President George W. Bush called for a strengthening of law enforcement programs in 2001 (Document 7). The National Government put into action the USA Patriot Act, which was signed by Bush. The act allowed the government the right to search the homes and other privacies. It received many criticism because many citizens saw that the searches would be a violation of their civil rights. Congressman Lamar Smith said the Patriot Act was not such a threat to civil liberties as most people thought, since a lot of the Act’s “new” methods of invading privacy had already been used for decades in the United States, just for different crimes. And many of these governmental actions had already been challenged and reviewed by the Supreme Court. Still after some citizens were still afraid of losing their civil liberties (Document 9). Even Congressman Lamar Smith said that the purpose for the act was to provide law enforcement with tools to fight terrorism. He says that he hopes that Americans cans separate myth from reality which is true because Bush was trying to better society with this act (Document 8). There are different sides to the controversy but many though at the time that their liberties were being taken

In 2001, George W. Bush signed a law to provided tools to catch and prevent terrorism. It was called the USA Patriot Act of 2001. It was George W. Bush’s response to the terrorist attack that took place in September 11, 2001 in New York and Pentagon. The Law ensured security and safety for the citizens but it also violated individual right. The law took a lot of criticism because it violated constitutional right, and it created problems between individual right perspective and the public order advocates.

In the United States of America we strive on making it a safe place for everyone also strive to have freedom for all. After the tragedy it changes it for everyone on how we observed the outside world especially the Middle East. When September 11, 2001 it was that day that change our perceptions when the Twin Towers in New York City was crashed by two different airplanes causing it to fall down. There were many people who died because of the tragic events, mostly people love ones. This occurs when President George W. Bush was still in office, he signed the Patriot Act with the Act of Congress on October 26, 2001. It was titled a ten-letter acronym that stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to intercept

September 11, 2001 was the day where everything in America had changed. A series of four terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As a reaction to this, Congress passed the Patriot Act, severely limiting citizen’s civil liberties as promised by the Constitution. American’s civil liberties and constitutional rights cannot be denied and/or put into jeopardy to protect national security, for it goes against American ideals and may persecute non-partisan individuals, while allowing the executive branch to unconstitutionally abuse their power.

The issues raised by September 11 are less about constitutional war powers than about war wisdom. Under national and international law the President has legal authority to react in self-defense against this invasion of our territory. Even the most vigorous critics of executive power concede that under the Constitution the President is empowered, in Madison's words, to "repel sudden attacks." One might quibble over whether "repelling" an attack, which in the eighteenth century would have been a land or naval invasion by a foreign state, extends in this era to a military response outside the United States to an attack by unknown forces, but the principle

After the attacks on September 11th of 2001, George W. Bush and his administration, along with Congress, agreed that national security needed more power within the executive branch. Our government leaders then rushed the legislative and review process and got the USA Patriot Act signed to law on October 26th of 2001 by President George W. Bush. The USA Patriot Act is an acronym that stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. It was passed to prevent future threats and acts of terrorism in the United States and to strengthen our national defense against terrorism. Since this act came into effect, lawmakers and citizens have heavily criticized it. The USA Patriot Act has been said to contradict civil liberties and be a violation of Constitutional rights, but its most controversial sections have continued to be extended

After losing 2,977 lives one fateful September morning, we realized we left the doors to our country wide open to attack. As a result, we ramped up our security and instituted new programs to combat terrorism to make ourselves invulnerable to similar attacks. But as the government began to develop programs within the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) to prevent such an attack from ever happening again, the government began to infringe on the rights which were laid down in the Constitution by our founding fathers. Although the American government protected its people from another possible attack, the government itself attacked its own people by denying the rights which it formerly recognized.

The US Government’s reaction to 9/11 suspended civil liberties for many people, whether terrorist-affiliated or not, out of fear of another attack. The common justification for such events is national security, and it is common rhetoric for politicians to claim that there is a tradeoff between civil liberties and national security. I seek to argue that the military commissions for trying terrorist suspects did not protect national security, but merely infringed upon civil liberties. The debate remains as to whether other situations might justify some infringement on the basis of the tradeoff argument, but military commissions after 9/11 do not offer a favorable outlook for the tradeoff position.

The Constitution of the United States focuses more on the many laws that govern this nation. The laws are set up in a way in which the government is not given so much power that it becomes unstoppable, or tyrannical, like the English government which they had just declared independence from. The Constitution gives the government limited power, ensures equal protection and equal representation to each state and individuals. The founders were very thorough in listing how the government should be run, and what should happen if anyone person, including the president should abuse power or commit treason and other crimes. One of the themes of the Constitution is that that as a new nation we need a strong central government that will serve the

The September 11th terrorist attacks brought fear and anger to all Americans. People of all races did not know how to react to such a horrific tragedy. After these attacks were carried, former President George W. Bush declared a “War on Terror”. While this was happening Muslims in the U.S were in the middle of this issue. The War on Terror was focused on Muslim Citizens in the U.S due to media outlets and many people criticizing all people that are Muslims are radicals. With all said The Patriot Act was passed which many criticized because it was argued conflicted personal liberties and public discussion. George W. Bush praised the act for making America safer. However, it was a plan targeted primarily at Muslims and Arabs . Like American governments have done in the past acts like the Espionage and Sedition Act this is another one of acts that aim to target one group . “War on Terror” was not only declared on the real terrorists of Al Qaeda but it was also declared on many Muslims in the United States with the passing of the Patriot Act. Under these circumstances people’s rights are taken away and citizens and non citizens who are Muslims would be mostly of focused upon. It would give states the right to hold and investigate suspected terrorists with insufficient evidence .The Patriot Act affects people rights, goes against the Constitution and can invade people’s privacy by targeting one group and not given the rights people of the American government deserve.

On September 11, 2001, the United States media provided Americans with false news reports and concealed the truth of 9-11 which brought about an illegal war in the Middle East. The attacks were put in place to deter people’s thoughts and this way the United States could steal oil while maintain public hatred against the Middle East and terrorism. By keeping the public in fear, they could control the public. The U.S. therefore created a false enemy, also known as terrorists, to unite the American people against that enemy, and therefore they will become the puppets that the U.S. can control at will. This is how the government was able to pass the Patriot Act. Congress approved of this bill which allows the government to deny you your

The attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001, changed the government views on individual freedoms forever. The increase in government legislation and power led to an escalation in the attack in individual freedoms. Laws changed that expanded civil forfeiture, domestic eavesdropping, and mass collection of private phone data. The detainment of civilians by military forces and the targeting of American citizens by drones in foreign countries is common practice by the US government. The individual’s rights are now secondary as the United States fights a war on a jihadist ideology. As mentioned earlier the term war evokes fear and concern for the wellbeing of the public, the devastation and death that occurred is a justification to declare war on the factions that claimed responsibility for the events of 9/11. The specter of the lone wolf, the threat of bombing, or possibility of a coordinated attack, become the motivation for the government to violate the First, Fourth, and the Fifth Amendment with impunity.