The ironic title reflects the opposite of what it represents. George W. Bush's excuse to entering war with these terrorists is to protect freedom. This bill, however, promotes a complete opposite effect in that it imprisons Americans into being monitored at all times as if every American is a potential criminal. This is not what our Founding Fathers foresaw nor wanted when they signed the Declaration of Independence. They seceded from England's rule because they sought freedom. The passing of the Patriot Act misleads Americans into thinking this bill upholds their rights as Americans when in reality it strangleholds their freedoms. The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. The United States government's passing of the Patriot Act ultimately disregards the Bill of Rights, makes the government significantly more powerful, and, adversely, weakens the American citizen to a mere pawn in the government's game. The Bill of Rights is the ten most basic rights we as Americans are granted. The Patriot Act exists as a catalyst to the Bill of Rights and needs to be disbanded to reacquire our rights as Americans.
The Patriot Act is active until 2015 after President Barack Obama signed for an extension in 2011. There has not been a terrorist attack on American soil in over thirteen years. It's time that we got our privacy rights back and begin to live how our Founding Fathers foresaw us living. Keep in mind, when our Founding Fathers were denied what they believed to be their basic human rights, they revolted against their government. It worked for them as they were able to found a country that became a world superpower. If the government fails to cooperate with our rights as Americans and humans then we, too must act. To quote the Declaration of Independence: "whenever any form of government becomes destructive, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.
