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which is the government’s responsibility first and foremost to protect its citizens from enemies foreign and domestic. However, for every proponent there is an equally passionate opponent who partially believe not only does the Act impede on civil liberties and individual rights but was an opportunistic ploy to grant excess

that the World Wide Web is dangerous because of it’s open accessibility, whereas other groups see that the Internet is something that can be used to share knowledge globally. The Internet should not be censored because censorship would restrict Americans’ first amendment rights; regulations have been tried and have failed in the past, and there are better methods of education and protection than censorship. The rights put forth by the first amendment protect the

Patriot Act which contains the following contents with some to strengthen domestic security and ethical issues. According to the U.S Department of justice.gov. “It stated that the creations of the act, pertains to the country’s protection of civil liberties, which authorizes federal money to accomplish much of the act 's provisions, it allows the Secret Service to create a nationwide electronic crime task force. The president can confiscate the

Kaylyn Dailey 11/27/16 Professor Carter American Gov. Term Paper Patriot Act On September 11, 2001, the Unites States suffered massive destruction caused by terrorism. Four planes were hijacked by terrorist. Nearly, three thousand lives were lost when two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the final plane crashed in Pennsylvania before it could reach its final destination. An immense fear spread across the country and out of this fear came the Uniting

Marriage equality and same-sex marriage have been controversial topics throughout American history. The push for both of these saw a huge victory with the decision of Obergefell v. Hodges, which made it illegal for states to have bans on same-sex marriage. The oddity about this was it was that the judiciary, arguably the weakest branch, caused social change. The Supreme Court decided to take action because the social conditions for them to do so were present, the inside and outside strategies of

Constitution. The program became more of a topic after the September 11th attacks, and was part of a broad pattern of the executive branch using “national security” as an excuse for encroaching on the privacy rights of Americans with minimum to no oversight. In 2006, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was victories in the first of many rounds of litigation in the ACLU v. NSA case. The U.S. District Court ruled that the NSA program violated First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, and the Foreign Intelligence

Luther King Jr. A man who was in the civil rights movement and was a key leader. He didn't do crazy things to get his point across and getting in the way of vehicles. When people block of streets it can affect the speeds of the services, that could be the difference between life and death. With most protest going on at highways or interstates, many wrecks or injuries may happen from cars with people who can't wait any

one religion. “This ruling is a great victory for the rights of all residents to participate in their local government without fearing discrimination or being forced to join in prayers that go against their beliefs,” said Chris Brook, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina Legal Director, “We are very pleased that the full Fourth Circuit has upheld a bedrock principle of the First Amendment: that government should not be in the business of promoting one set of religious beliefs over

Freedom of Expression Must be Upheld in America It's the amendment all United States citizens know: the first. This amendment is so huge that there is even an organization dedicated to protecting the rights guaranteed by it called the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Some people nowadays disagree with the idea that freedom of expression is guaranteed, believing only freedom of speech and religious practices are express rights given by the constitution in the first amendment, and that the term

In the year of 2017, it is hard to find any person whose life does not revolve around their electronic devices. The Internet has changed the way people function, and become a crucial resource in schools, workplaces, and homes all over the world. There are people who feel they could not survive a day without it, and, of course, there are people who are wary of its dangers. Children are taught from a young age to tread carefully when using the Internet, and teenagers can recite lectures they have received