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9/11 Pros And Cons
September 11 2001, marked a very tragic day in history, and immediate action was required in order to handle the situation. During the Bush administration, surveillance programs were put into place in order to monitor possible hostile actions towards our country. In a post Snowden article in 2006, Robert A. Levy went into depth about what Article II is and if current programs put into place can be deemed illegal. After reviewing Article II and Levy’s position I agree that it was illegal, but I believe that this was because what need to take place was described vaguely and was left up to interpretation. The fourth amendment speaks about using “reasonableness,” what might be reasonable to one may not mean the same to another. Due to this, abuse
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