Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Civics Assignment 9/19/12

2.  Research the first ammendment and the right to privacy....name five parts of the first amendment. Freedom of speech, religion, press, the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and the right to petition the government
3.  Examine how much privacy one has in the digital age we live. Write a paragraph. Most people think that just because they use computers to do things they will be more secure. But in my opinion your privacy is more vulnerable online because of hackers and other people like that.
4.  Research the patriot act and summarize it in a paragraph. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act) does exactly what it says it does. They use different tools to detect and stop terrorism. This act was passed in 2001 after 9/11. In my opinion it was a good idea although they should have done it sooner.
5.  Write a paragraph detailing if the patriot act is a violation of the first amendment. In my opinion it is not a violation of the first amendment. The Patriot Act was created to keep Americans safe from terrorism so how would that be a violation of the first amendment.
6.  Find a news article and copy and paste the link where you feel the person uses their privacy as an "excuse" to get away with something.
7.  Find a news article and copy and paste the link where you fee a person's privacy was not protected.
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/woman-sues-ex-over-trove-secret-tapes-141340634--abc-news-topstories.html

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