Their primary focus is the access to records that the Act gives law enforcement. Are their concerns justified? Are they making a mountain out of a mole hill? Are we more concerned that federal agents will access our personal information than we are that "bad" people will take over our country?
2007-08-13 04:20:01 · 20 answers · asked by A 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This country was founded on freedom and we have fought long and hard for the civil liberties we have. The patriot act gives the government the right to monitor your phone and email without your consent. They also have the right to pick you up and detain you indefinitely without an explanation, while denying your rights. Apparently, all this administration needs to do is play the terrorist fear card and everyone falls into line. The Nazis used this tactic in Germany with great success. Frankly, I fear this administrations abuse of power more than I do terrorists.
2007-08-13 04:42:05 · answer #1 · answered by ravannah22 1 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Actually the ACLU is representing real Conservatives, who are opposed to the never ending expansion of the Federal Government under the Facist/ Republicans.
Dick Armey former Conservative Congressman from Texas, who was purged when the Facist took over the Republican Party is the head of the ACLU
2007-08-13 04:54:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The patriot Act is meant to be a "provide up hollow" degree comparable to the 'conflict Powers Act" in WWII I do concede in desperate time desperate measures are observed as for; although that's obtrusive to me they choose this unconstitutional act because of the fact the everlasting regulation of the land, and that i'm ineffective set against it... to respond to your question: The Patriot Act has had NO impression on my life that i'm attentive to. the problem is that if I wait to stand up for my constitutional rights AFTER the Patroit Act has affected my life: I even have WAITED TOO lengthy. it would be too little too previous due. by utilising that element ALL of my CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS are lengthy previous constantly!!!
2016-10-15 04:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by gustavo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believed that they are more concerned with the suspension of Habeus Corpus, the secret imprisonment of US citizens, the fact that attorneys who attempt to file writs of Habeus Corpus for US citizens known to be in secret detention have been threatened with prosecution, the provisions that allow the President to suspend elections indefinitely and to use Regulat Troops to enforce Martial Law, (which has been illegal since BEFORE the Ratification of the US Constitution,) and other suchlike trivia.
And anybody who thinks Clinton should have been impeached for lying about a BJ has one hell of a nerve to be talking about making mountains out of molehills.
And why are Republicans such a bunch of crybabies? Democrats get their ox gored by the ACLU just as often. And you don't hear them whining that ACLU and the Constitution it protects should be abolished, because we can't just throw anybody we want in prison without trial whenever we want.
2007-08-13 04:30:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
The problem is, Cheneycorp has acted in such a deceitful way on so many issues, many patriotic Americans no longer believe al Qaeda is out to get us. Bushco has no one to blame for this but themselves. They are the Administration That Cried Wolf. If they told me two plus two is four, I would check it on a calculator. They're THAT hard to trust.
Also, current (pre-debacle) FISA law allowed for three full days of wiretapping before a warrant had to be REQUESTED. Meaning all they had to do was send a flunky to the courthouse with some paperwork, and they'd be in the clear. The Rove Gang plain and simple didn't need any extra authority.
It should be noted that illegal wiretapping was one of the six articles of impeachment brought against Nixon.
2007-08-13 04:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
If you think that we should always err on the side of law enforcement and never have any limits on their ability to violate privacy without a good reason, you are questioning a fundamental principle of the Bill of Rights. I'm not saying that the Patriot Act goes too far, but it is possible to go too far. It's scary that so many people don't seem to understand that. This is one of the freedoms we're supposed to be fighting for.
2007-08-13 04:25:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
By removing the laws which protect our civil liberties, the terrorists have already accomplished what they set-out to do: change our way of life and destroy our freedoms. The Patriot Act is the greatest victory the terrorists could have hoped to acheive.
2007-08-13 04:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Fee_Slice 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Sure, they have reason for concern. The Patriot Act blatantly violates the constitution. As the cases wind their way through the courts, much of the act will eventually be overturned. We have far too many examples of the government using their power to suppress dissent to allow them this kind of unlimited authority.
2007-08-13 04:26:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
I do not agree with everything the ACLU does but they fight for the Constitution. They fight the fight we, as citizens, cannot. To use the conservative logic, If you are not doing anything wrong why do you care?
We all should care about our freedoms and our Constitution.
2007-08-13 04:57:36 · answer #9 · answered by Follow the money 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
NO, they are NOT making a mountain out of a molehill. The "bad" people have already taken over our country.
2007-08-13 04:49:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋