The Usa Patriot Act What s So Patriotic About Trampling...

After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001 the United States became a very different place. This drastic change was caused by the initial emotional reactions that American citizens, as well as government leaders had towards the tragic event. The government, in an effort to assure that these events never happen again passed the USA PATRIOT Act, which is an acronym that stands for the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. The major goal of this act is to combat terrorism by giving the government more leeway in what areas they are allowed to use their surveillance tools and also to what circumstances these tools can be used. The major issue that arise with this act are the fact that many of the act can be seen as unconstitutional. In Nancy Chang’s article, USA PATRIOT Act: What’s So Patriotic About Trampling on the Bill of Rights?, she explains all the changes that the act has made, specifically in terms of the language that the act itself uses to describe it’s new power (2001:1-15) . Chang’s description of the act, in its entirety, is that the act was â€Å"hastily- drafted, complex, and far-reaching legislation† which explains why the language in this act is so controversial (2001:1). The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is defined by Richard H. Robbins as the idea that there is an explicit link between the grammar of language and the culture of the people who speak thatShow MoreRelatedEssay Civil Disobedience1280 Words   |  6 Pageswas honored by the President of the United States for his contributions to society. On the other hand, he was prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, and had his sentence reaffirmed by the Supreme Court. These explanations seem rather contradictory. If what he did was noble, why was he jailed for his actions? When we take into account these manifestations of the governments attitude towards Martin Luther King, we can safely make the assumption that the government is not always justified in the laws that