The USA Patriot Act of 2001 is a controversial public policy‚ which greatly undermines the civil liberties and constitutional freedom of the American people. This essay will moved from an overview of the USA Patriot Act to a review of the critical literature regarding the importance of the Act to the safety of Americans and shows how the Act violates the civil rights and liberties of citizens and noncitizens alike. After presenting sufficient evidence that the Patriot Act violates many of the basic
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The PATRIOT Act: Right or Wrong. On September 11th of 2001 the United States was attacked. Many people died and through that drama the United States was unified with a singular goal of stopping terrorism. While many people were willing to sacrifice a few freedoms for the greater good‚ others were asking where is the line between the government fighting terrorism and abusing a situation to expand its dominion over the public. The United States government passed a bill called the PATRIOT Act to
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The DREAM Act Skeptics say‚ why bother educating residents who can not legally hold jobs? But it should matter and there is a way to help. The DREAM Act means Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors. This measure would provide a path to citizenship for youths brought here before they turned 16 who head to college or the military. Congress must pass the DREAM Act because it provides immigrant students college and university access‚ citizenship‚ and employment at the end of their
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sometimes the rules must be stretched or broken. The government should violate a civil liberty provided by the constitution when it is for the safety of the country. As a result of the attacks on the date of 9/11‚ Congress passed the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act made the government’s ability to spy on individuals easier‚ but also weakened the checks and balances our country relies on. So in essence‚ the threat of terrorism against our country paved the way for violating one of our basic civil
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Disadvantages to the Patriot act (USAPA); There are six flaws to the act that was passed into law on October 26th‚ 2001: It takes away civil rights‚ by doing so it destroys the definition of what it means to be an American Citizen [ (talkradio101‚ 2010) ]. The feeling is that by destroying our way of life is the best way to reward or give victory to the terrorist [ (topix‚ 2012) ]. Secondly‚ Constitutional protections are violated‚ the U.S. Constitution is the most lasting‚ well-written document
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are act utilitarians‚ who operate under the theory that an act is morally right if it produces an equal amount‚ or more‚ happiness for that one person than any other act. An act utilitarian does not consider what effect their decision will have if everyone else did the same act. This type of utilitarian is a rule utilitarian. A rule utilitarian will consider what the consequences of an act would be if everyone else committed the act. A third type of utilitarian is a classical hedonistic act utilitarian
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The DREAM Act is a legislative bill that purposes that an illegal immigrant who has resided in the country since child birth or at a young age be granted temporary residency to be able to enlist in the armed forces or go to college. Everyone deserves a chance for a higher education and way of life. The illegal youth really don’t have another country to go to since living in the United States is all they know since they were children. They can even be the future for the country so the bill so
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president George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act‚ which attempted to improve school’s test scores and accountability. The Act set out to improve education. With the decline in test scores and the racial discrimination in schools‚ it was time for a change. The change came through the NCLB Act when it tried to fix the issues in schools and make a positive impact for the children. Even though under the NCLB Act some goals were met‚ overall‚ the act was not effective in teaching other subjects other
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Regardless of the statistical model you use‚ unsafe acts lead to injury. In fact‚ one statistical model states for every 300‚000 unsafe acts there will be 3‚000 near misses‚ 300 recordable injuries‚ and one death. Unfortunately it’s the little things in safety that account for many of the unsafe acts. A few examples in the workplace include: 1. Not wearing your safety glasses when going to the time clock from your locker. 2. Not tucking in your shirt tail or drawstrings. Not buttoning‚ snapping
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The DREAM Act was introduced to 107th congress for the first time in 2001 where the Republican Party had control of congress. Due to the large opposition to the legislation the bill was turned down each time it was introduced. In 2007 when the Democratic Party took control over congress the bill was re-introduced to the 110th congress however; it was rejected again. In 2010 the latest version of the bill was brought up and passed in the House however; it fell five votes short in the Senate. What
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