USA PATRIOT ACT: Is it a legitimate law to protect national security or is it a violation of your Civil Liberties? Essential Question:

Agree or Disagree? Why? Sometimes personal rights must be given up in order to protect people from those who could be a danger to all of us. Sometimes personal rights must be given up in order to protect people from those who could be a danger to all of us. It's better to be safe than sorry when it comes to fighting terrorism. It's better to be safe than sorry when it comes to fighting terrorism. The government should have the right to investigate to the fullest extent any suspicious person and their activities. The government should have the right to investigate to the fullest extent any suspicious person and their activities. Civil Liberties have been granted in the Constitution's Bill of Rights and should be preserved, no matter what. Civil Liberties have been granted in the Constitution's Bill of Rights and should be preserved, no matter what.

What does the chart tell us about the passage of this law?

What has changed and/or stayed the same in the 4 years since the original bill was passed?

USA PATRIOT ACT: In your notes write down what you know or have heard about the Patriot Act.

USA PATRIOT ACT Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism as a means for protecting the country from future attacks by providing law enforcement officials with new tools to fight terrorism. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism as a means for protecting the country from future attacks by providing law enforcement officials with new tools to fight terrorism.

USA PATRIOT ACT The power to track Internet communications, wiretap phone and computer communications, obtain search warrants for and voic communications, and the ability to access personal records and information without any proof that an individual has committed a crime. The power to track Internet communications, wiretap phone and computer communications, obtain search warrants for and voic communications, and the ability to access personal records and information without any proof that an individual has committed a crime.

USA PATRIOT ACT This led to controversy because many feel the Act violates the basic civil liberties established by the U.S. Constitution, particularly those related to privacy and First and Fourth Amendment rights. This led to controversy because many feel the Act violates the basic civil liberties established by the U.S. Constitution, particularly those related to privacy and First and Fourth Amendment rights.

PATRIOT ACT What has emerged is a debate and a power struggle between the right to personal civil liberties and the need for national security. What has emerged is a debate and a power struggle between the right to personal civil liberties and the need for national security.

The Patriot Act Debate FOR national security AGAINST civil liberties

FOR or AGAINST THE ACT Look at your T-chart and pick a side that you would like defend. Highlight the 3 most persuasive points to support your point of view. Look at your T-chart and pick a side that you would like defend. Highlight the 3 most persuasive points to support your point of view.

Pick a Side After reading and discussing the USA PATRIOT ACT, prepare to debate the essential question: After reading and discussing the USA PATRIOT ACT, prepare to debate the essential question: Is the USA PATRIOT ACT a legitimate law to protect national security or is it a violation of our civil liberties? Is the USA PATRIOT ACT a legitimate law to protect national security or is it a violation of our civil liberties? In other words, are you FOR or AGAINST the Patriot Act? In other words, are you FOR or AGAINST the Patriot Act?

To Honk or not to Honk…that is the question!