The Patrior Act is Unconstitutional

On September 11th, hijackers took over four planes; collided into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and the fourth into a field near Skanksville, Pennsylvania. 2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died in a result of these attacks. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks) They were conceived to be a range of suicides by al-Qaeda. In return, Americans assembled together like never before. The Nation was in need of answers and subject to vulnerability. The president at the time, George W. Bush, launched the War On Terror and also put into effect the Patriot Act.

This Act gave law enforcement the right to search telephone, e-mail, medical, financial, and other records. It also gave the law enforcement an abundance of rights that pertain to detaining and deporting immigrants that are suspect of terrorism-related acts. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act) The Patriot Act lessoned the rights of the people and gave the government more say so in the lives of Americans. Both Republicans and Democrats dismay prejudice in any form but there are different views of the Patriot Act, which is the only way this behavior was made possible through indefinite detention. Indefinite detention, is the act of arresting a individual without a trail. This strips the individual of all human rights. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_detention) Both the Democrats and Republican passed the Patriot Act in the Senate in 2001, with little knowledge of what it would entail. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act) There is not a record of who voted for or against it, considering it was a verbal ballot. Today there is pensive controversy over the Patriot Act. Most Democrats are opposed to it and feel it ...

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..., every individual in this country no matter race or religious background has the right to civil liberties. After September 11th Javaid Iqbal’s civil liberties were striped away. Under more investigation they were made possible through the Patriot Act. In regards to the information gathered the Patriot Act is unconstitutional and in return Javaid Iqbal and many other innocent AMERICANS have suffered in return.

Works Cited http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2008/2008_07_1015 http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=282

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/0911/p02s19-usgn.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-09-muslim-american-cover_x.htm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/16/national/main563594.shtml