The NSA collected different types of information. ... Almost all information is private information, which can be a factor to prove whether or not the NSA violated the Americans' right. ... (Bill of Right am.4) The American people have a right to keep their information private, and deny "unreasonable searches and seizures" ("Bill of Right" am.4). ... Judge Pauley, a Clinton appointee to the Southern District of New York, states that the private information, which was protected in the Fourth Amendment, should be balanced against the government need, and this balance ...

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Specifically, the Fourth Amendment states that the government proves probable cause or individualized suspicion before searching Americans' private information. ... One of the reasons is that the NSA does not have a right to search Americans' private communications. ... The personal data is private assets, so nobody wants to disclose their personal information to the third parties. ... Furthermore, the NSA works as an intelligence agency which protects U.S. government communications and information systems. ... President Obama stated that the NSA is an effective intelligence agency &...

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The Right to Privacy The right to privacy defines the protection of the private realm in the modern age. ... Every user of the internet needs to be able to determine what sort of information about them has been used. To uphold the right to one's personality, legal remedies have to be developed to enforce definite boundaries between public and private life. ... Intrusion upon seclusion or solitude, or into private affairs; 2. Public disclosure of embarrassing private facts; 3. ...

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It strips American citizens of all of their rights and grants the government and its private agents total immunity. ... Along with public databases such as library records, the new Act attacks private sectors such as medical databases, hence altering the Patient's Bill of Rights. According to Section 126, the government is granted the right to mine the entire spectrum of public and private sector information from bank records to educational and medical records. This is the enacting law to allow ECHELON and the Total Information Awareness Network to break down any and all walls of privacy....

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Where before it was illegal to intercept private telephone calls, it now says it is illegal to intercept private computer transmissions. ... In Virginia there is a law that became effective July 1, 1996 that prohibits state employees, including employees of state colleges and universities, from using state-owned or leased computer equipment to "access, download, print or store any information infrastructure files or services having sexually explicit content," except with the express permission of their agency head for "a bona fide, agency-approved research project or other agency-approved unde...

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In sections 201 and 202 the government says it has the " authority to intercept wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism, computer fraud and abuse offenses" and may if they find it necessary, have the "authority to share criminal investigative information" with anyone, including other regular American citizens, as outlined in Section 203. ... This proves that the Patriot Act is clearly unconstitutional in that it gives authorities the power to invade and/or wiretap an individual's private living quarters for any reason at any given time without a warrant (as defined...

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In sections 201 and 202 the government says it has the " authority to intercept wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism, computer fraud and abuse offenses" and may if they find it necessary, have the "authority to share criminal investigative information" with anyone, including other regular American citizens, as outlined in Section 203. ... This proves that the Patriot Act is clearly unconstitutional in that it gives authorities the power to invade and/or wiretap an individual's private living quarters for any reason at any given time without a warrant (as defined...

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There may be no correlation between the information on those profiles and whether the person is qualified, and entities could often make judgments off of personal biases. ... This controversy brings up a broader question of what is "private" and "public" in the age of social media, which leads to the greater issue of what our rights are as citizens. ... The court ruled that the plaintiff's fourth-amendment right were not violated as he had voluntarily shared information with third parties. The plaintiff's voluntary sharing of information means that the governme...

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Some of the facts were that the police with the Laguna beach police department received information that the respondent might be trafficking narcotics. ... Their contents are not any less private, and the respondent's desire to discard them in the manner in which he did does not diminish his expectation of privacy. ... The aspects and secrets of our private lives are concealed in out trash bags. ... It deprives people of life, because their life could be ruined by having to spend it in jail, because they couldn't defend themselves, and their private property is exposed. ...

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The founders of the United States government tried to protect our liberty by assuring a free press, to gather and publish information without being under control or power of another, in the First Amendment to the Constitution. ... In these societies, the government censors views that are not in line with their policies, controlling controversial opinions on television, in newspapers, and even in public or private meetings. ...

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The Executive director of Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut and its medical director, a licensed physician, were convicted as accessories for giving married persons information and medical advice on how to prevent conception and , following examination, prescribing a contraceptive device or material for the wife's use. ... The sate failed to demonstrate that couples did not possess a right to make private decisions as to when and how many children they would have. ...

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He later wrote, "as long as markets were free and competitive, the actions of private individuals, motivated by self-interest, would work together for the greater good of society" (Beggs. ... Investors look at all the provided information, especially GDP report and governmental spending, to help determine future investments. ... And as governments make policies that will affect their economy, or as in the case of the United States, the world economy, it is clearly evident that this playing hand is strongly monitored by those in the private market whether it be investors, businesses o...

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For example, in 1993 the ATF received information that the Branch Davidians in Waco, TX had assembled large supplies of firearms. ... Americans need to pay close attention to the efforts of powerful people in the government and private institutions that believe it is their duty to restrain offensive language with speech codes or bans on certain kinds of behavior. ...

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The two men claimed the intimate nature of the conduct at issue, when engaged in by consenting adults in private, is beyond the scope of governmental interference. ... However, as this case surfaced, interests groups urged the Supreme Court to hear the case as well as submit an "amicus curiae" briefs, document that often provides the Court valuable information about legal arguments or how the case might affect people other than the parties to the case, in this case, that all homosexuals should be protected under the 14th Amendment and afforded equality to heterosexuals under the law. ...

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Terrorism has been a term that has long been a definition and example of daily life of other countries in our world for a dramatic period of time. But to the United States of America, this term was something that most citizens of this great country took for granted and felt confident that they would...

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Two of our most fundamental rights granted under the constitution are the right of due process of law, and the right to counsel: Amendment V No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of ...

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