Section 213 of the Patriot Act allows government agents to search any one's home, using probable cause issued by a "secret court" whether he/she is a terrorist suspect or not. They can search the private property and not tell or deliver a warrant to the suspect until a "reasonable time" has passed after the search.
What do you think?
Does this infringe on our Fourth Amendment rights?
2006-10-29 12:33:42 · 9 answers · asked by mshart2 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It not not only violates the 4th Amendment, it violates the UN's laws which provides Human Rights policy, which the US has not signed in it's intirity. AS well as our freedom of speech. Quite frankly all it's really about is covering the governments butt for all their lies, half truths, and to keep themselves from being caught with their pants down. It's for their protection not ours.
Anita
2006-10-29 12:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems anti terrorist laws are also useful against all sorts of political opposition.
Much of the Patriot Act was written as a 'wish list' during the Reagan Era to control any Communist sympathy in the Cold War. After 9/11 the same people were back in power (or now at the top of the CIA where they had once been desk officers) and they pulled their wish-lists out and got them passed, in a very incomprehensible bill issued only a few hours before it was voted on.
Today the Patriot Act is used against Puerto Rican independistas, Cuban sympathisers, black activists and indigenous rights leaders more than it is used against terrorists. It also sees frequent use against anyone of Middle Eastern origin who may be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Similar things have been possible in Britain for many years now, but the difference in the US seems to be once an agency is given a certain power it does not consider the effects on liberty of any applications of that power.
2006-10-29 13:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by Peter F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Among other rights. If it is in the Patriot Act I'm against it.
2006-10-31 12:14:49 · answer #3 · answered by albinopolarbear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this means America is over. Ending Habeas Corpus was the icing on the cake. We can officially rename ourselves the USSR
2006-10-29 12:39:22 · answer #4 · answered by anya_mystica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, since they are still getting a search warrant based on probable cause.
And we have had a secret court for warrants for wire taps for some time now.
2006-10-29 12:46:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
its our rights straight down the toilet thats one of main reasons the bush gang will be working at mcdonalds soon .my god our vetrans from world wars are turning over in thier graves now knowing what that sniving coward bush has done to our country im vietnam vet i would not let him wipe my ***
2006-10-29 12:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by eldoradoman1953 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all three cases this will be used in i'm sure those rights will be infringed.
2006-10-29 12:36:00 · answer #7 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the whole patriot act is BS.
2006-10-29 14:43:03 · answer #8 · answered by Shifter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the new fascism.
2006-10-29 14:57:15 · answer #9 · answered by Logicnreason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋