{"id":51886,"date":"2022-12-02T08:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/constitutionalnewsnetwork.com\/?page_id=51886"},"modified":"2022-12-06T18:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:36:45","slug":"what-do-we-know-and-how-do-we-know","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/constitutionalnewsnetwork.com\/what-do-we-know-and-how-do-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do We Know and How Do We Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51886\" class=\"elementor elementor-51886\">\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-904a154 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"904a154\" 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-ad65b1f\" data-id=\"ad65b1f\" 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-44b441d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44b441d\" 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<h1><strong>What do we know and how do we know?<\/strong><\/h1><p>\u00a0<\/p><h2><strong>What is the definition of fear mongering?<\/strong><\/h2><h2><strong>Fear mongering is the action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue. Being said that the government will tell you statements like, \u201cthis is for your safety.\u2019<\/strong><\/h2><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><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<\/strong><\/h2><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><strong>Just six weeks after September 11<sup>th<\/sup> as a result of panic from Congress the USA\/Patriot Act was passed. 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 own 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 any future attacks against Americans and landmarks. Once again another example of fear mongering.<\/strong><\/h2><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><strong>The Patriots Act increases the government\u2019s powers to spy in four areas such as,<\/strong><\/h2><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><ol><li><h2><strong>Records Searches<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><li><h2><strong>Secret Searches<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><li><h2><strong>Intelligence Searches<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><li><h2><strong>\u2018\u2019Trap and trace\u2019\u2019 searches<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><\/ol><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><strong>The question then arises, what are the effects of checks and balances?<\/strong><\/h2><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><strong>The answer varies but what is known is that the government no longer has to show evidence that the subjects of search orders are \u201can agent of foreign power.\u2019\u2019 Post 911 there was requirements that would protect Americans from this abuse of power. The FBI does not have to show a reasonable suspicion that any records obtained are related to criminal activity much less the requirement for \u201cprobable cause\u201d that is listed under the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. Also surveillance orders can be based on ones First Amendment activities such as books they read or websites they visit.<\/strong><\/h2><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><strong>Why is the expansion of the Patriot\u2019s Act a violation of the constitution?<\/strong><\/h2><ol><li><h2><strong>Violates the Fourth Amendment which says the government cannot conduct a search without a warrant and showing probable cause to believe a person has committed or will commit a crime.<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><li><h2><strong>Violates the First Amendment\u2019s guarantee of free speech by prohibiting the recipients of search orders from telling others about these orders.<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><li><h2><strong>Violates the First Amendment by authorizing the FBI to launch investigations of American citizens for expressing their freedom of speech.<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><li><h2><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.<\/strong><\/h2><\/li><\/ol><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2><strong>We see time and time again history repeating its self. The best way to predict behavior is to look at prior behavior.<\/strong><\/h2>\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>What do we know and how do we know? \u00a0 What is the definition of fear mongering? Fear mongering is the action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue. Being said that the government will tell you statements like, \u201cthis is for your safety.\u2019 \u00a0 Benjamin Franklin once said: \u2018\u2019Those who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-wrapper.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51886","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Do We Know and How Do We Know? - Constitutional News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/constitutionalnewsnetwork.com\/what-do-we-know-and-how-do-we-know\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Do We Know and How Do We Know? - Constitutional News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What do we know and how do we know? \u00a0 What is the definition of fear mongering? 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