The Patriot Act, with its secret courts, was the creation of Republican President George W. Bush. It was one of the greatest assaults on the individual rights enshrined in the Constitution in American history. Any president who truly believe in freedom and liberty would never ask Congress to establish secret courts.
The founders would be shocked that secret FISA courts even exist. They would be shocked that agency heads routinely lie and use the power of government through regulation and law fare to attack political opponents and other citizens. They would be appalled by the support for censorship of speech and the collusion of government and industry to suppress free speech. The imprisonment of January 6 defendants without due process for years without trial would be considered tyrannical.
How far we have fallen. Every time you vote for an evil Republican because he/she isn’t as evil as the Democrat, remember George W. Bush and the Patriot Act.
While I agree 100%, that the Patriot Act is literally an end-run on our Bill of Rights, and is the anthesis of the U. S. Constitution, just remember the Patriot Act was passed with BIPARTISAN support and a great too many American citizens cheering on its creation!
I have said it since the beginning, the Patriot Act was a BROADSIDE ATTACK on the Bill of Rights, fundamentally changing how those rights were viewed and “allowed” to be used...and it was done NOT with a Constitutional Amendment, but just a few votes and a swift pen, and We the People had our rights taken away just like that!
“Star Chamber” courts are not something the Constitution mentions, the last time I read it. As a matter of fact, the courts and expectations concerning our justice system point to an open, fair, fast judicial system. Not ONE of those words describes the debacle we have today!
It seems to me that I recall someone saying that the Patriot Act had basically come out of a drawer in Joe Biden’s desk, all ready for implementation, and was basically the document that was adopted by Congress. Anyone else remember this?
” Every time you vote for an evil Republican because he/she isn’t as evil as the Democrat, remember George W. Bush and the Patriot Act.”
Every fear conservatives had about the Patriot Act have come true. We were assured it would not be used against the American people. They lied.
Amen!