Civil Liberties After 9-11

The terrorist attack on the world trade center has, unfortunately, led our government to decrease some of our hard-earned civil rights. Our government has responded to this terrible crisis by reducing such rights as freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom from unreasonable searches. The president has made efforts to begin new projects and pass new laws that will restrict some of the freedoms written in the constitution. Many of the steps President Bush has taken may intensify our problem rather than solve it.
In the amendments to the constitution, article I states that Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the right of the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. After the tragedy of September 11th, congress passed the U.S. Patriot Act. Under the U.S. Patriot Act, foreigners ...