Examines six controversial essays that debate the issue of the Patriot Act, and includes model essays, sidebar notes and guided exercises.

"The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, an

The California State Senate Office of Research examined the USA PATRIOT Act & assoc. Fed. powers that the gov't. acquired to protect the country against domesti

Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil li

The official report that has shaped the international debate about NSA surveillance "We cannot discount the risk, in light of the lessons of our own history, th