Politics
The Unpatriotic Act
I have been thinking about this a lot recently. And since I mentioned in a comment on another blog that I would write a blog about the Patriot Act, here it goes. I think that the United States Patriot Act is one of the most tyrannical pieces of legislation ever passed in the history of the United States. Shortly after 9/11, a panicked Congress decided to pass the Patriot Act, and then reauthorized it in 2006. This piece of legislation gives the FBI power to secretly invade the American people’s privacy – which actually violates the 4th Amendment of the Constitution. (more…)