Acronym for: Uniting and Strengthening Acronym for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools America by Providing Appropriate Tools

Required to Intercept and Obstruct Required to Intercept and Obstruct TerrorismTerrorism

(Wow, that’s a mouthful)(Wow, that’s a mouthful)

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IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, ARE THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY GREATER THAN THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL?

DOES THE PATRIOT ACT VIOLATE OUR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS?

COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET: “THE FREEDOM BALANCE”

HOW MANY OF YOU HAD TROUBLE DECIDING WHICH WORDS BELONGED IN EACH CATEGORY?

IF YOU HAD DIFFICULTY DECIDING, WHY? LOOKING AT HOW YOU CATEGORIZED THE

WORDS, DO YOU SEE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBERTY AND SECURITY? HOW ARE THEY SIMILAR? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?

WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IN A DEMOCRACY, LIBERTY, OR SECURITY? WHY?

After 9/11 U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft provided Congress with a list of recommended changes to the law to combat terrorism. Many of these measures had been opposed because they were believed to infringe upon the rights of Americans.

After 9/11, what would later be called “The PATRIOT Act was passed unanimously. George Bush praised this as a “new tool to fight the present danger.”

This is who the Patriot Act is supposed to protect us from!!!

This is not a person the Patriot Act is supposed to protect us from, nor is the Patriot Act supposed to categorize as the only threat in America!!!

THE 4TH AMENDMENT PROTECTS THE “RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SECURE IN THEIR PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS, AND EFFECTS, AGAINST UNLAWFUL SEARCH AND SEIZURES…” THE 2ND AMENDMENT GRANTS THE RIGHT TO BEAR AND KEEP ARMS, AND THE 1ST AMENDMENT GIVES YOU THE FREEDOMS OF SPEECH, RELIGION, PRESS, PETITION, ASSEMBLY.

READING RESEARCH- HOW DID THE PATRIOT ACT COMPROMISE THE RIGHTS PROVIDED BY THE 1ST, 2ND, AND 4TH AMENDMENTS?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PATRIOT ACT IS CONSTITUTIONAL, OR DID THE GOVERNMENT OVEREXTEND ITS POWERS?