Essay
4– Due August 6
Background:
Civil
liberties have been under attack for much of the last
20 years. This attack was greately accelerated after
9/11. The USA Patriot Act and the Office of Homeeland
Security are the most visible evidence of new limits
on civil liberties. The following site includes many
links to issues related to post 9/11 civil liberties:
http://cjstudents.com/liberties/
Please
review this site. There are five sections, the last
section includes links to full text articles that provide
more in-depth information.
The question:
Please include each of the following in your essay:
- Begin
by discussing five or more key changes regarding civil
liberties. Describe
how each change has resulted in a loss of civil liberties.
- Have
these changes, and the USA Patriot Act as a whole, been
effective in the "War on Terror?" Do
you see the potential for an effective "War on Terror"
grounded
in the USA Patriot Act and the Office of Homeland Security?
- What
similaries do you see when you compare the "War on
Terror" with the "War on Drugs?"
- Past
wartime limits on civil liberties have been limited
to a set period of time. How is the current state of
affairs
different?
- How
do you respond to the suggestion that Bush and Ashcroft
would
have limited
civil
liberties
-
even
without
9/11?
- Finally,
please discuss three or more limits on civil liberties
that are likely to be overturned
by legal action? On what basis will these limits be overturned
by the courts?
PLEASE
NOTE:
As
with previous essays, some opinion is acceptable in answering
this question but try to stick with facts
and
logical
(as
opposed
to
emotional)
arguments. Although this question asks for your opinion,
don't see this as an opportunity to rant without support.
Feel free to go off on a rant, just remember
to support your thoughts and ideas with evidence. As
you can see, this is a rather political question. Do
not feel compelled to take a stand that you feel will
be popular with the professor. All opinions are welcome
- as long as they are supported by facts and/or
logical arguments made by other intelligent commentators. ____________________________________________
As a reminder, here are instructions from the course
outline:
Essays
should have sufficient breadth and depth to indicate
more than a passing awareness of the issues raised in
the questions. Grading will be determined based on the
thoroughness of response and the ability to properly
apply knowledge gained through reading the text. Essays
should be "term paper quality." Pay attention
to spelling, sentence and paragraph structure, organization,
and citations. Your papers should use APA style , which
is described in the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (5th edition, 2001). Questions typically contain multiple parts. This is not
done to make questions more difficult. Multiple parts are
recommended to provide guidance that will lead to a high
quality answer. Remember to address each section but do
not assume that the ideas raised in each section are the
only issues to be addressed in your response.
Completed
essays should be e-mailed to mentor@nmsu.edu. Although
I have several e-mail addresses, this is the only
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