South central kansas | Morningdew - 11/12/2024 12:40
Patriot act?
From Wikipedia.
“The law is extremely controversial due to its authorization of indefinite detention without trial of immigrants, and due to the permission given to law enforcement to search property and records without the owner's consent or knowledge. Since its passage, several legal challenges have been brought against the act, and federal courts have ruled that a number of provisions are unconstitutional.
It contains many sunset provisions beginning December 31, 2005, approximately four years after its passage. Before the sunset date, an extension was passed for four years which kept most of the law intact. In May 2011, President Barack Obama signed the PATRIOT Sunset Extensions Act of 2011, which extended three provisions.[2] These provisions were modified and extended until 2019 by the USA Freedom Act, passed in 2015.[3] In 2020, efforts to extend the provisions were not passed by the House of Representatives, and as such, the law has expired"
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