American History Final Essay
In the Bill of Rights, there has been ten amendments passed on September 25th, 1791. The big question being asked in this paper is, is the government justified in taking away Constitutional Rights during times of war? In the past, the government has taken away our Constitutional Rights during times of war, so I think that yes, the government is justified in taking away Constitutional Rights during times of war. I think they are justified in taking away our rights because the government needs to help keep us safe, to make sure the government is not talked badly about, and by keeping English the only language you can speak during times of war.
The government is justified in taking away Constitutional Rights during times of war because they need to keep us safe, so to be able to, the U.S. government needs to take away parts of our rights. The Patriot Act says, “The United States government did this in response to the need for increased security following terrorist attacks.” The purpose is to punish the terrorist acts in the United States and everywhere else, to increase
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In the Sedition Act, it says that whoever the person is, when the United States is at war, prints, says, writes or publishes any insulting, disloyal, disrespectful, or abusive language about our government, will be punished by a fine of no more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for no more than twenty years or possibly both. In the World War 1 Anti-Draft Protests, Eugene V. Debs was talking badly about the government, saying that they are soon-to-be murderers. He also said that the government is being waged to make the world safe for democracy which is a violation of the Sedition Act. Debs was talking bad about the government to make them look like they do not actually do their