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Resistance to the Patriot Act
http://bostonreview.net/BR29.1/scarry.html
Each of the enumerated events—the Patriot Act, the executive edicts, the war against Iraq, the alleged practice of torture—has elicited protest from the population. What differentiates the opposition to the Patriot Act from the opposition to the other executive actions is the fact that it is steadily spreading and has gained traction: it has enabled the population to move beyond vocalizing dissent to retarding, and potentially reversing, the executive inclination to carry out actions divorced from the will of the people.
It is interesting to read about how people are resisting this act. The whole thing was passed so fast and with so little review it is amazing that it still stands as law two years later. I suppose taking down a law takes time but this one is so badly written that I expect it not to much more.
Each of the enumerated events—the Patriot Act, the executive edicts, the war against Iraq, the alleged practice of torture—has elicited protest from the population. What differentiates the opposition to the Patriot Act from the opposition to the other executive actions is the fact that it is steadily spreading and has gained traction: it has enabled the population to move beyond vocalizing dissent to retarding, and potentially reversing, the executive inclination to carry out actions divorced from the will of the people.
It is interesting to read about how people are resisting this act. The whole thing was passed so fast and with so little review it is amazing that it still stands as law two years later. I suppose taking down a law takes time but this one is so badly written that I expect it not to much more.