note: this article is only 10 pages long , so really there's no excuse for not reading it. This article will give trigger thoughts of whether America is still the land of the free and of the notion of democracy.
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the impact of the so-called war on terrorism on
civil liberties. The United States government in Madison’s plan was to be distrusted and
hemmed in to protect citizens against it. The terrorist attacks of 2001 have seemingly
licensed the US government to violate its Madisonian principles.While the current government
asks for citizen trust, its actions justify distrust. The courts, which normally are
the chief defenders of civil liberties, typically acquiesce in administration policies during
emergencies, and it has been during wartimes that the worst infringements of civil liberties
have occurred.
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