The Patriot Act

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This paper discusses the Libertarian Party and its negative view of the Patriot Act. The paper reviews Libertarianism's intellectual underpinnings, the Libertarian party position, as well as the recent history including judicial decisions of the USA Patriot Act and considers the views of the Lyndon LaRouche, the leader of the Libertarian Party.

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"There is little doubt that the Patriot Act has stirred a great deal of debate in recent years. The following paper will briefly outline the libertarian view of the Patriot Act by first discussing what the libertarian political ideology and what the position of the party is vis-?vis the Act. The paper will also look at the history of the Act (specifically focusing on some key federal court rulings about it) and examine some current Federal Court cases which center upon the Act's provisions. The paper will also detail some controversies surrounding the Patriot Act and will cite some of the chief actors within libertarian party ranks who have spoken out on the subject of the Patriot Act. The paper will also identify the committees in the House and Senate who hold hearings on the Act and what appears likely to..."

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