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An 8 page paper which examines the Patriot Act and considers its ramifications for constitutional law, then discusses the strengths and weaknesses of such crime reporting techniques as UCR, NCVS, NBRS, and self-report studies. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGpatact.rtf
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26, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act into law with the intent of significantly expanding "government powers of investigation and enforcement" (Abdolian and Takooshian, 2003, p. 1429).
Exposing terrorists was clearly the primary focus of lawmakers, with little attention paid to constitutional issues as the Act was passed by the Senate with a vote of 98-1
and the House by a margin of 357-66 (Abdolian and Takooshian, 2003). To some political observers, however, the Patriot Act bore more than an uncomfortable resemblance to the Antiterrorism
Act of 1996, portions of which "had... been ruled unconstitutional by federal courts" (Abdolian and Takooshian, 2003, p. 1429). For example, Article II of the Constitution clearly outlines the
powers of the Executive Branch (and the checks to be provided by the Judicial Branch in Article III), but the Act increases executive powers "while decreasing judicial oversight" in creating
a new federal crime described as domestic terrorism, which is ambiguously defined as anything that may "appear to be intended ... to influence the policy of a government by intimidation
or coercion" (Abdolian and Takooshian, 2003, p. 1429). Section 411 significantly diminishes due process for immigrants, who can now be placed under surveillance for perceived terrorist activities, which includes
the use of weapons (a right guaranteed citizens in the Constitution) and membership in organizations deemed by the government as being "suspect" (Abdolian and Takooshian, 2003, p. 1429). The
Act also permits aliens to be either detained or removed with little or nothing in the way of judicial review (Abdolian and Takooshian, 2003). In addition, Section 215 expands
the parameters for probable cause outlined in the Fourth Amendment (Abdolian and Takooshian, 2003). The Act also seriously compromises civil liberties regarding an individuals right to privacy by approving
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