The PATRIOT Act legalized domestic spying without reasonable suspicion of individuals.
Evidence
The PATRIOT Act provides the state with the authority to conduct secret searches on American citizens, monitor telephone and email exchanges, and collect bank and credit card records. It increased the capacity of the American government to spy on its citizenry without showing reasonable suspicion of the individuals they are monitoring. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 58
Categorization
- XREF: The removal of the reasonable-suspicion floor is the legal pivot through which de-sacralized operational categories can supersede individualized cause. — connects to: Patriot Act language echoes statutes that enabled Japanese internment — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 572; The PATRIOT Act extends terrorism liability beyond actual offenders — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 604