{"id":51882,"date":"2022-12-02T08:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/constitutionalnewsnetwork.com\/?page_id=51882"},"modified":"2022-12-06T17:44:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:44:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/constitutionalnewsnetwork.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51882\" class=\"elementor elementor-51882\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a017f25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a017f25\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e0f0f4\" data-id=\"2e0f0f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c52835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c52835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"main-full\"><div id=\"post-51890\" class=\"page-content post-51890 page type-page status-publish\"><div class=\"elementor elementor-51890\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51890\"><section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a64614a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a64614a\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f93a41\" data-id=\"7f93a41\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f160ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f160ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h1><strong>Our Goals \/ Our Mission \/ Our Facts \/ Patriot Act<\/strong><\/h1><h3><strong>What is the definition of fear-mongering?<\/strong><\/h3><h3><strong>Fear mongering is the action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue. The government will tell you insane statements like, \u201cthis is for your safety\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>Benjamin Franklin once said: \u2018\u2019Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>The USA\/Patriot Act was passed just six weeks after September 11th because of panic by Congress. This was essentially an overnight revision to the nation\u2019s surveillance laws that gave and expanded the federal government\u2019s authority to spy on its citizens. Many senators complained that before this act was passed, they had little to no time to review or analyze it. The Bush Administration implied that members who voted against it would be blamed for future attacks against Americans and landmarks. Once again, another example of fear-mongering.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>The Patriots Act increases the government\u2019s powers to spy in four areas such as,\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><ol><li><h3><strong>Records Searches\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><li><h3><strong>Secret Searches<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><li><h3><strong>Intelligence Searches\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><li><h3><strong>\u2018\u2019Trap and trace\u2019\u2019 searches\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><\/ol><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>What are the effects of checks and balances?<\/strong><\/h3><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>The government no longer has to show evidence that the subjects of search orders are \u201can agent of a foreign power.\u2019\u2019 Post 911 some requirements would protect Americans from this abuse of power. The FBI does not have to show reasonable suspicion that records obtained are related to criminal activity, much less the requirement for \u201cprobable cause\u201d listed under the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. Surveillance orders can be based on one\u2019s First Amendment activities such as books they read or websites they visit.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>Why is the Patriot Act a violation of the constitution?<\/strong><\/h3><ol><li><h3><strong>Violates the Fourth Amendment which says the government cannot search without a warrant and showing probable cause to believe a person has committed or will commit a crime.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><li><h3><strong>Violates the First Amendment\u2019s guarantee of free speech by prohibiting the recipients of search orders from telling others about these orders.<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><li><h3><strong>Violates the First Amendment by authorizing the FBI to launch investigations of American citizens for expressing their freedom of speech.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><li><h3><strong>Violates the Fourth Amendment by failing to provide notice to persons whose privacy has been compromised. This notice is also a key element of due process which is a guarantee of the Fifth Amendment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><\/li><\/ol><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>We see time and time again history repeating itself. The best way to predict\u00a0<\/strong>behavior is to look at prior behavior.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"main-footer cols-gap-lg footer-bold s-dark\"><div class=\"lower-footer bold-footer-lower\"><div class=\"ts-contain inner\"><div class=\"spc-social-block spc-social spc-social-b \">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"spc-social-block spc-social spc-social-b \">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/footer>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Our Goals \/ Our Mission \/ Our Facts \/ Patriot Act What is the definition of fear-mongering? 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