Patriot Act: changed since 9/11?
How has the Patriot's Act affected the Bill of Rights since 9/11?
Has it taken our rights/freedoms? What ones? How?
What other laws/acts has passed since?
Please include links from where you found your information.
Thanks!
Answers:
The Patriot Act itself has not. If you read the actual text, it doesn't implicate any constitutional rights (except for one provision, which was struck down in 2004). It just allows the govt greater access to information that was already not private (utility records, etc.)
Other laws and executive orders have impacted constitutional protections, including the 2006 Military Commissions Act which blocks Habeas Corpus despite the provisions of Article I Section 10, and the warrantless wiretapping orders that violate 4th Amendment protections (as well as violating other federal laws -- see 18 USC 2511).
Links below are for common reading. My information comes from reading the actual text of the laws, and the holdings of the courts have reviewed them.
Transformed into a Terrorist Act!
Educate yourself here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/usa_patriot...
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