Down with the Patriot Act The Patriot Act is a very controversial law. It allows the government much more room to do as they please. Some of these practices that government officials can do are monitoring phone calls, emails, and going through personal records. They say this will help prevent terrorism, but is losing one’s privacy really worth it? Could there be a better way to prevent terrorism?
Freedom of expression is thus not only imperative for individual respect but also to contribution, liability and democracy. Breach of freedom of expression often is often followed by with other violations. It also involves the right to freedom of association and assembly. Aspects Freedom of speech has many dimensions. One of its most vital functions is that decision-making requires the free expression of broad range of vies from all the corners.
Many people question why it is that Edward Snowden leaked the documents showing what the NSA was doing. In the article “The Geeks who Leak” MichaelKelley Scherer quotes Edward Snowden saying “The public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong". Edward Snowden feels that we should have a right to say whether what the NSA and Government does it right or wrong and whether we want hem to interfere in our personal lives when I comes so social media or not. He has been charged with theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person. Two of these three charges violates the Espionage act of 1917 which was intended to criminalize individuals who engaged in spying.
However there are other types of evidence collection apart from that of questioning, which falls under the title of non-interrogatory forms of evidence such as surveillance and scientific evidence. This essay explores the use of surveillance and the scientific method an its contribution to criminal detection and deterrence but argues that to the dismay of many this form of evidence is seen as problematic, as the use of personal information gathered from Scientific Evidence (DNA or Fingerprints) and Surveillance may lead to a conflict between the targets of the government/police and the liberties of civilians. The gathering of personal information has the potential to undermine privacy and limit the freedom of the individual, especially if the powers of the police are misused. With this in mind, Sanders and Young (2007:123) argue, ‘the power themselves generally decide what powers they will exercise and when. This is crime control approach.’ Ericson (1994) even argues that ‘crime control [has been] displaced by surveillance’ allowing him to define criminal justice as ‘a system co-ordinated by knowledge, communication and surveillance mechanisms’.
Recent activity in the Bush administration has led to widespread criticism on how the government perceives torture. Torture is a word that carries negative connotation in nearly every part of its usage. Alan Dershowitz states in his article, “Is There a Torturous Road to Justice?” that if the government is going to practice such methods of interrogation, they should not hide it from the public, but rather make it legal in a way that allows for the protection of our nation. His stance on the subject is made clear by his introduction of various solutions to the problem and tries to convince his audience of their power. He focuses on interpretations of the constitution and assumes that torture will happen regardless of what the government says.
Slander is when someone lies about another person in order to hurt their reputation. Treason is when somebody gives military secrets to enemies of the U.S. (anything to endanger our government). Freedom of press allows people to express themselves in print such as books, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and computer networks. Freedom of assembly protects our right to assemble in groups for any reason as long as the groups are peaceful. Also we have the right to attend meetings, parades, political rallies, and public celebrations.
Because of the fear of privacy invasion, the different federal agency databases were held on individual agency specific computer systems and were not accessible to anyone, but the owner. Having such a compartmentalized system did not give law enforcement nor intelligence the ability to assist each other in putting together potentially complex terror plots, and often the more sophisticated the terror plot, the more potential for mass killing (White, 2006). Communication is key in all parts of life, and especially important when dealing with such dire consequences. The USA PATRIOT Act, in Title VII, granted the expansion of information sharing systems in order to better facilitate communication between all agencies involved in counterterrorism. This called for the implementation of the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) as a central database for all law enforcement to use (USA PATRIOT Act, 2001).
Double Jeopardy Aissata Sy Kaplan University Double Jeopardy Many of the amendments concern individuals’ right and liberties. Under many of the amendments we as the people are protected from the government. Who know what it would be for us, if the government have all the power to control our lives and they can use power however they like. I think that our founding father did great job with the constitution of the United States, they make sure the power of the government is not over the control. The fifth amendment of the United States constitutions give an individual right from being prosecuted twice for substantially on the crime.
Bias in the News. Mass media today forces such a phenomenon as bias in the news. Before speaking of this topic, I`d like to explain difference between such notions as “fact” and “bias”. Fact is a piece of information that is known to be true, something definitely happened. Bias is an opinion about whether a person, group, etc, it`s always subjective.
The freedom of the media not being absolute, media persons connected with the print and electronic media have to be equipped with sufficient inputs as to the width of the right under Art 19(1) (a) and about what is not permitted to be published under Art 19(2). Aspects of constitutional law, human rights, protection of life and liberty, law relating to defamation and Contempt of Court are important from the media point of view. Besides, a suitable way to regulate the media will be to exercise the contempt jurisdiction of the court to punish those who violate the basic code of conduct. The use of contempt powers against the media channels and newspapers by courts have been approved by the Supreme Court in a number of cases. The media cannot be allowed freedom of speech and expression to an extent as to prejudice the trial itself.