In the aftermath of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the U.S. Congress at the urging of the Bush administration, overwhelmingly passed the 2001 Patriot Act. The Act stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism,” is mainly intended to provide law enforcement with lega

The 2001 Patriot Act does not allow people incarcerated because of the Patriot Act to seek council. “Government prosecutors say that lawyers could become intermediaries who help communicate messages from their clients to the terrorist (4).” “Among its detractors are 152 communities, including several major cities and three states, that have now passed resolutions denouncing the Patriot Act as an assault on civil liberties” (6).

lly defined authorization to prevent and respond to potential terrorist threats against the U.S. But not every American citizen agrees with the policies of the Patriot Act. “There has been opposition to the act from every part of the political spectrum from the extreme left to the faithful libertarians, have all expressed their concerns about this new law”(1).

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