Patriot Act (Conservative columnists)
News and views about the Patriot Act and its impact on the Bill of Rights.
USA Patriot Act for Dummies - Part 2
by Jake Morphonios (conservative libertarian)
Published: March 27, 2008
Under the Patriot Act, the FBI can secretly conduct a physical search or wiretap on American citizens to obtain evidence of crime without proving probable cause, as the Fourth Amendment explicitly requires.
USA Patriot Act for Dummies - Part 1
by Jake Morphonios (conservative libertarian)
Published: March 25, 2008
A person or organization forced to turn over records is prohibited from disclosing the search to anyone. As a result of this gag order, the subjects of surveillance never even find out that their personal records have been examined by the government.
USA Patriot Act for Dummies - Introduction
by Jake Morphonios (conservative libertarian)
Published: March 24, 2008
The result of all of these actions has been the deliberate, persistent, and unnecssary erosion of the basic rights that protect every citizen and non-citizen in the United States. A free society demands the rule of law. Without it, democracy is meaningless.
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