Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties

The Patriot Act was unconstitutional because after watching the film I got a sense that it showed that the Patriot Act was implemented by using terrorism as a cover in order to greatly expand federal law enforcement. They abused their powers without real evidence, of course 9/11 was huge, but they just stereotyped all middle eastern people into a group that they were all terrorists. They damaged so many people, by defamation of character and it made people turn on each other. The Patriot Act changed the character of America it made us look worse and strain even worse our relations with other countries. It conflicted with the ideas that our country was founded upon because it went against our constitutional rights. It has made America and its people not really safer because at any moment the Middle East or Asia can attack us because of our prejudiced towards them.

Most influential court cases

For me the most influential case that we talk about as a class was Plessy vs. Ferguson because this case posed as a way for justice that black should be able to sit with the white, since under the constitution we are all equal. the historical question was can the states constitutionally enact legislation requiring persons of different races to use"separate but equal" segregated facilities? Yes the states can do that, because at that time the verdict and trial was corrupt. the decision was Ferguson 7 and Plessy 1 and because of that, later in Brown vs. Board, the state ruling was declared that not "all people are equal". There was some corruption and unfairness and it just showed me that back then and at times now, court rulings aren't fair but because of people who stand up, it's that there's change.