Patriot Act Dbq

The Patriot Act is an act that was created after the 9/11 terrorists attacks. It was an easier way for the government to spy on normal American citizens. At first its main objective was to use it to catch terrorists, but its intentions changed and it makes innocent people suspects. They use the items we use daily, to spy on us. For example some of these would be phones, internet, email, bank accounts. Anyone can be a victim. The law was ratified by the government under the presidential term of George W. Bush. They figured that it would strengthen and unite the United States. At first many people voted for this act thinking it'd be a good thing for the country, but as soon as they saw the effects they changed their minds and did not want their …show more content…
After the attacks, General John Ashcroft brought in some laws that had been mentioned before, but were never passed. Soon after the U.S senate quickly became in favor and passed the Patriot Act. They thought that it’ll strengthen the country and protect them from danger. The patriot act was said to be a new tool to fight the present danger we face, by George W. Bush. He also mentioned that it did indeed respect the civil liberties guaranteed by the constitution. The thing is the act wasn't just to “check in” on people they might think were guilty of terrorism, but it was and is still used to spy on normal people. Many may be unaware of it.
The patriot act mainly focuses on privacy issues and government surveillance. Although the 4th amendment protects our right to be secure and safe in our homes the patriot act sort of steps on that law. The 4th amendment clearly says that law enforcement is not allowed to search or seize a person without a warrant, but in the case of the patriot act if the officer has a “reasonable cause” to do it then they may. It can take some of our rights away just like how it has taken our privacy.
Another thing the patriot act allows is, getting a search order from court to any US …show more content…
The idea was to make the United States more safe in terms of terrorism and such things. The bad thing is that it relates so much to spying and the book 1984, whose topic was everything that can go wrong in a world of communism. The Patriot Act today is just a basic representation of what was going on in 1984, in their time. When the author wrote this book he was thinking about how he saw the future in his eyes. He wrote it in 1949, so to him, and everyone who lived in that era, 1984 was the future. I agree with him and his view on our world, how everything can go wrong in a couple of years and how today in our time, everything is going bad and turning into this future George Orwell

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