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In her book, Silencing Political Dissent, Constitutional lawyer Nancy Chang argues that the current War on Terror follows a pattern in American history – namely, the federal government has infringed upon American citizens’ rights (found in the Bill of Rights, e.g., see the First and Fourth Amendments) arguably to keep Americans safe. Further, she spends quite a bit of time analyzing the problems associated with the Patriot Act signed by President George W. Bush 45 days after the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. IN TWO GENEROUS PARAGRAPHS, DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF THE PATRIOT ACT. YOU MUST CITE CHANG’S BOOK. YOU MUST CITE AT LEAST ONE SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE (ie, that is peer reviewed and that cites other scholars’ work, by definition) OR MORE RECENT (i.e., AFTER 2002) NEWS ACCOUNT. THEN TYPE A THIRD GENEROUS PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING YOUR CONCLUSION ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE PATRIOT ACT – HERE, DO THE PROS OUT WEIGH THE CONS, OR VICE VERSA. WHY?
THE GRADING RUBRIC IS: Up to one letter grade reduction for: 1) each paragraph (3 total) that is either too brief, lacks thorough explanation, or simply replicates Chang’s (or others’) ideas without analyzing them in a plausible way; 2) failing to cite Chang’s book within the body of your discussion (e.g., Chang, p. 26) where relevant; 3) failing to cite

at least one outside news or journal article (see JSTOR database for potentially useful scholarly sources).
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