Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of the grievances. This, the first amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, is clearly violated by the patriot act. By the government having the right to tap into people's phone calls and computer records, freedom of speech is not being protected. This is a direct violation of the constitution, a set of laws that was supposed to be, under no circumstances broken. Also, freedom to privately assemble is being taken away, because it is okay for government officials to sit in on things like religious ceremonies, and any other assembly that they think needs to be watched. Also, if people who are not American citizens can be taken and imprisoned, because of mere suspicion, wouldn't it be entirely too possible that......
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