Discuss five key provisions of the USA Patriot Act.
What will be an ideal response?
? Telephone taps: Require court order.
? Internet taps: Require court order.
? Voice mail: Can be seized with a court order.
? Grand jury information: Investigators can now share information from secret hearings.
? Immigration: Attorney General can hold noncitizens for up to seven days.
? Money laundering: New powers to track the movement of money across banks and borders.
? Crime: No statute of limitations on terrorist crimes and increased penalties.
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Which Texas constitution was amended to include precepts of Jacksonian democracy?
A. Coahuila y Tejas B. 1836 constitution C. 1845 constitution D. 1861 constitution
Which of the following statements about the media is(are) true?
A) The news media are better equipped to make an impression on us than to educate us. B) Entertainment media also carry a political message. C) Most media are driven by profit motives rather than a sense of higher purpose. D) All of the above E) None of the above
In 1854, Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe is said to have told the U.S. government, "Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to
a. God. b. Others. c. the universe. d. nature. e. himself.
The Environmental Protection Agency was created under President ______.
A. Nixon B. Johnson C. Roosevelt D. Kennedy