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... Few objected publicly to the passage of the Patriot Act six weeks after the attack, although this law extended sweeping powers to the executive branch of the government that could easily be used to suppress freedom more than most Americans anticipated or would tolerate. I believe the Act was needed and that its benefits will exceed its drawbacks, as long as its implementation is closely overseen by the judicial and legislative branches of government. ... The executive branch of the government was empowered to take some emergency measures immediately, but to give it much greater power to meet the challenge, Congress passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 on October 24 of that year, and President Bush signed it on October 26.3 Although the full title of the law clearly indicates its purpose, it is too long to be used conveniently, so it is generally referred to as the USA Patriot Act, or just the Patriot Act. ... Without going into detail, the Patriot Act enabled law enforcement authorities much greater freedom to track and gather communications, particularly via the Internet, to screen the entry of individuals into the U. ... history since 1941 suggests that the Patriot Act will be modified or circumscribed if law enforcement authorities sacrifice personal freedoms in pursuit of their goals, especially to the extent they succeed in their main goal, of making the U. ... In the same year, Congress passed The Evacuation Claims Act, which authorized payment to Japanese Americans who suffered economic loss during imprisonment on condition of proof of loss and at the rate of 10 cents per $1. ... In 1952, The McCarran-Walter Immigration and Naturalization Act was passed, ending a 1924 ban on immigration by Asians and the ban on naturalization according to race, which was only applied to Asians. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Rights Act of 1988, which contained a provision for payments of $20,000 to each surviving Japanese American who had been incarcerated because of his or her ethnicity during World War II. ... 9 Nonetheless, the senator had established an image among many Americans as a militant patriot, and he used this image for five years to make unsubstantiated accusations against a large number of Americans in the government and the private sector.
Approximate Word count = 1797
Approximate Pages = 7.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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