3.08 Take a Stand

Should the government be able to wiretap your phone without a warrant?

• According to the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights, the government is not allowed to search or seize evidence without a proper warrant.
• According to the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, it is based upon the privacy of the citizens, by wiretapping phones you are removing the right to freely speak your mind.
• If they are concerned about a persons phone usage and believe that it is a threat to national security, then they should be able to make a case enough to receive a search warrant to search and seize the phone records.
• The 9/11 attack was a concerning time for Americans, so they passed the USA Patriot Act.
• The USA Patriot Act allows government agencies to have a larger range of listening into our private conversations.
• Although they want to prevent attacks like 9/11 it is still going against the citizens of the United States rights by wiretapping personal conversations.