1. Acronym for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (Wow, that’s a mouthful)

2. UEQLEQ  IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, ARE THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY GREATER THAN THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL?  DOES THE PATRIOT ACT VIOLATE OUR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS?

3.  COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET: “THE FREEDOM BALANCE”  HOW MANY OF YOU HAD TROUBLE DECIDING WHICH WORDS BELONGED IN EACH CATEGORY?  IF YOU HAD DIFFICULTY DECIDING, WHY?  LOOKING AT HOW YOU CATEGORIZED THE WORDS, DO YOU SEE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBERTY AND SECURITY? HOW ARE THEY SIMILAR? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?  WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IN A DEMOCRACY, LIBERTY, OR SECURITY? WHY?

5.  After 9/11 U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft provided Congress with a list of recommended changes to the law to combat terrorism. Many of these measures had been opposed because they were believed to infringe upon the rights of Americans.  After 9/11, what would later be called “The PATRIOT Act was passed unanimously. George Bush praised this as a “new tool to fight the present danger.”

6. This is who the Patriot Act is supposed to protect us from!!!

7. This is not a person the Patriot Act is supposed to protect us from, nor is the Patriot Act supposed to categorize as the only threat in America!!!

8. TO INTIMIDATE A CIVILIAN POPULATION 1 TO INFLUENCE THE POLICY OF A GOVERNMENT BY INTIMIDATION 2 AFFECTING A GOVERNMENT BY USE OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ASSASSINATION… 3

9.  THE 4 TH AMENDMENT PROTECTS THE “RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SECURE IN THEIR PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS, AND EFFECTS, AGAINST UNLAWFUL SEARCH AND SEIZURES…” THE 2 ND AMENDMENT GRANTS THE RIGHT TO BEAR AND KEEP ARMS, AND THE 1 ST AMENDMENT GIVES YOU THE FREEDOMS OF SPEECH, RELIGION, PRESS, PETITION, ASSEMBLY.  READING RESEARCH- HOW DID THE PATRIOT ACT COMPROMISE THE RIGHTS PROVIDED BY THE 1 ST, 2 ND, AND 4 TH AMENDMENTS?

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11.  DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PATRIOT ACT IS CONSTITUTIONAL, OR DID THE GOVERNMENT OVEREXTEND ITS POWERS?