How did 9/11 impact democracy, civil rights and civil liberties?

Question

how did 9/11 impact democracy, civil rights and civil liberties in the US and elsewhere? (please give me source if possible, thanks!)

Answer 1

Absolutely.
Dubya is atking countries like a mad guy.
his supporters are calling liberals "terrorists".And basically anybody who dont agree with them "terrorists"

Answer 2

Largely there are five major impacts and specific points of legislation or ledger-domain which will impact the United States - probably for the remainder of it's viability as a state-actor.

A. The constitutional protections and safeguards which citizens of this country have enjoyed have been removed - essentially with the approval of the congress - these include.

1. The essential right to privacy the 4th ammendment - while the word is not actually used - the intent is quite clear from even a cursory reading of the constitution, says - in short that searches and warrants shall be issued ONLY by a court upon suspicion of a crime, and these shall be reasonable, for matters regarding our papers/documentation, effects and properties. This amendment has been effectively eliminated through the implementation of the USA Patriot Act and various additions and amendments to the USA PA. Various other pieces of similarly minded legislation have largely eliminated large parts of jurisprudence from the effective enforcement or jurisprudence at the discretion of the executive branch.

2. The use of presidential "signing statements" in lieu of the veto - the veto was the instrument designed for interacting with the constitutional bodies created - the judiciary, congress and the executive branch. The executive branch issues by decree (signing statements) as to which laws it feels obligated to uphold or ignore - this is unprecedented in US history and is technically has effectively ended our republic. the institutions of our government can - without exaggeration be properly considered an elected imperium (vs an inherited one).

3. The effective suspension of various laws using these two rules above means the president or individuals or agencies acting at the direction of the president can and have detained, imprison or terminated individuals deemed dangerous or inconvenient.

4. Under terms of (again) the USA Patriot act, anyone acting "against the interests" of the office of the president may be considered a terrorist/enemy combatant. additional rules state that enemy combatants as such enjoy no rights except those the executive sees fit to extend. This sounds great when the object is Osama Bin Ladin - but may not be so great if you consider the rules apply equally to citizens and would grant presidential authority to detain political candidates or opponents to presidential policies.

5. The ruinous debt being incurred by this administration, has caused fiscally dangerous levels of national debt to be accrued.

As a direct result All US residents trading in dollars have effectively become 30% poorer over the last 180 days due to policies which this administration sees no need to correct.

Largely the financially ruinous war in Iraq coupled with the rampant corruption of segments of certain "blessed" interests, have caused our currency to devalue to the point where many nations which currently trade in dollars are considering switching to Yen or Euros. Should OPEC or other international entities change to these other currencies, our economy will NOT recover - we could see the collapse of the dollar - similar to the situation with the Argentinian currency a few years ago.

This was the primary objective of the Al Quaeda terrorist network - if our leadership does not radically implement fiscal discipline - particularly in military economics and adjust to address our fiscal situation within the next 180 days or so - this goal will be obtained.

Answer 3

If most people would read the "Patriot Act" it would scare them badly. I advise all American's to read the "Patriot Act" all 36 individual laws that it encompasses. You will find that all it takes to be thrown in jail for a year without a trial is for the janitor at city hall to call you a "Domestic Terrorist" because it reads "any public official". All a sitting president has do do is declare a "National Emergency" and he can suspend All civil liberties and he can suspend both the House and Senate. He can also enact rules that have the force of laws during such "National Emergencies".

Answer 4

The activities of 9/eleven did not impact democracy, civil rights or civil liberties. the country grew to change into extra vigilant for its personal protection and that of its voters. those who were already critics of the U. S. and assisted terrorists or condoned their moves were surveilled. the authorities could have shirked its primary jobs. I welcome all efforts taken to maintain my liberty. I surely haven't any further something to worry if I did no longer something which turned right into a chance to my u . s ..

Answer 5

In the U.S. its simple: Check out the patriot act, also the democrats have now decided to introduce legislation that will effect free speech under the guise of attacking terrorism. its called Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, and its introduced by a Democratic Senator from california more information at the link below if you care.
http://www.slate.com/id/2178646/nav/tap3/

Answer 6

The Patriot Act

Answer 7

Yes, it substantially changed our civil rights. The 9/11 commission report is a good thing to read if you want to know what we actually gave up. Habeas-corpus is one thing that we gave up.