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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Patriot Act"”.
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A Somewhat Different Voice: the Usa Patriot Act
… is threatened, often there are calls for action to address those threats. Such was the case following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. One result of the attacks was the enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. The PATRIOT Act has been a lightning rod of …
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Following in the Footsteps of Prior Law: the Expanding Application of the USA Patriot Act
<p>Laws are often enacted in response to a moral panic. Examples of this are found in the Mann Act of 1910, passed to deal with forced prostitution, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act of 1970, which addressed the threat of organized crime. In 2001, the USA PATRIOT Act …
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Moral Panics and the Criminalization of Immigration: America'S Response to Post-9/11 Federal Regulations and the USA PATRIOT Act
… However, the resulting changes in society's reaction to immigration and the degree to which immigrants and non-citizens have become criminalized have also become palpable. Theoretically founded on relevant aspects of social control and deviance theories, this research will explore the …
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National Security Crises and the Expanding American Presidency
… not object. For example, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act and President Bush signed it into law on October 26, 2001, allowing law enforcement agencies to obtain records and conduct surveillance on anyone suspected of terrorism-related acts. The Bush administration was not the first to engage in …
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Patriotism Among Muslim American Opinion Leaders
… how opinion leaders address the question of patriotism, Americanness, hyphenated identities, and the implications of such a discourse. The study is confined to Wayne County, MI, because of the significant role Muslim Americans have played in labor struggles, local culture, civil rights, and …
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Freedom and order : how democratic governments abridge civil liberties after terrorist attacks -- and why sometimes they don't
… 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. By contrast, George W. Bush passed the much more comprehensive and repressive Patriot Act through a divided Congress in a month-and-a-half after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In Great Britain, Tony Blair's own party blocked clauses in his …
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From the Cold War to the War on Terror: Affecting 1st Amendment Rights in America
… Within this topic I specifically looked into the Patriot Act of2001 and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and how both of these pieces of legislation affected First Amendment rights in America. I have found this to be a very interesting and important topic and I wanted to find a way to give my …