The legislation that was put into effect in the most immediate haste following September the 11th 2001. The bill gives the law and the federal government almost unlimited power over you. The Patriot act is also known as the raping of the Constitution.
Violates the Fourth Amendment, which says the government cannot conduct a search without obtaining a warrant and showing probable cause to believe that the person has committed or will commit a crime.
Violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech by prohibiting the recipients of search orders from telling others about those orders, even where there is no real need for secrecy.
Violates the First Amendment by effectively authorizing the FBI to launch investigations of American citizens in part for exercising their freedom of speech.
Violates the Fourth Amendment by failing to provide notice - even after the fact - to persons whose privacy has been compromised. Notice is also a key element of due process, which is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
Records searches. It expands the government's ability to look at records on an individual's activity being held by a third parties. (Section 215)
Secret searches. It expands the government's ability to search private property without notice to the owner. (Section 213)
Intelligence searches. It expands a narrow exception to the Fourth Amendment that had been created for the collection of foreign intelligence information (Section 218).
"Trap and trace" searches. It expands another Fourth Amendment exception for spying that collects "addressing" information about the origin and destination of communications, as opposed to the content (Section 214).
Violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech by prohibiting the recipients of search orders from telling others about those orders, even where there is no real need for secrecy.
Violates the First Amendment by effectively authorizing the FBI to launch investigations of American citizens in part for exercising their freedom of speech.
Violates the Fourth Amendment by failing to provide notice - even after the fact - to persons whose privacy has been compromised. Notice is also a key element of due process, which is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
Records searches. It expands the government's ability to look at records on an individual's activity being held by a third parties. (Section 215)
Secret searches. It expands the government's ability to search private property without notice to the owner. (Section 213)
Intelligence searches. It expands a narrow exception to the Fourth Amendment that had been created for the collection of foreign intelligence information (Section 218).
"Trap and trace" searches. It expands another Fourth Amendment exception for spying that collects "addressing" information about the origin and destination of communications, as opposed to the content (Section 214).
by ryan gilr0y October 1, 2004
Get the Patriot Actmug. 1. A whole bunch of words that will slowly change an already disfunctional democracy into a completely functional dictatorship or oligarchy.
2. A few papers that could ruin your life.
2. A few papers that could ruin your life.
by Über-liberal September 6, 2005
Get the patriot actmug. 1) A leftist simp with an ironic name.
2) A Democratic mouthpiece who often spins any negative situations to favor the left a la Jennifer Psaki.
2) A Democratic mouthpiece who often spins any negative situations to favor the left a la Jennifer Psaki.
Sensible Patriot should change his name to something more fitting considering how unfitting it has gotten as time went by, even for him.
by Idiot-Finder2 August 28, 2021
Get the Sensible Patriotmug. A kneejerk response to word9/11/word that has the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves. The single greatest advancement of fascism in United States history, and it's only the beginning...
by Ninja Disaster July 2, 2003
Get the Patriot Actmug. Inflatable statues of dead white folks on pedestals to be used at picnics, in the pool or on the Fourth to express patriotism once the real ones are permanently wiped from involuntary view and are nestled safely inside special museums.
I brought all my Patriot Inflatables to my family reunion and let me tell you something, they were a big hit!
by Dr Bunnygirl July 4, 2020
Get the Patriot Inflatablesmug. An excuse for George W. Bush (you might want to look him up) to enslave every man, woman, and child AND for him to shed up what is left of the Constitution.
And the Patriot act is supposed to prevent terrorists from killing people to take our freedom. Well, after this how much freedom will we have left?
by weirdgirl September 9, 2003
Get the Patriot Actmug. One of the foremost proofs that the United States of America is the most hypocritical nation in the entire world.
Also an attempt on the US Government's part to destroy as much of the Bill of Rights as is humanly possible without everyone noticing.
Also an attempt on the US Government's part to destroy as much of the Bill of Rights as is humanly possible without everyone noticing.
The Patriot Act is a good example of how the USA is well on its way to becoming a police state. We're already a bureaucracy, we may as well take the leap.
by Nemuko May 9, 2003
Get the patriot actmug.