Sunday, November 26, 2006
MY INSIGHTS IS DONE!!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!!!!
#3 If I was a Democrat/Republican running for election in the year 1800, I would use the Sedition Act to my advantage, comparing it to the acts passed by the old British government and promising to get rid of the act along with the Alien, Naturalization, and Alien Enemies Acts.
#7 If the Sedition, Alien, Naturalization, and Alien Enemies Acts were in affect today, The Patriot Act would have been much more drastic, and American politics would be vastly different. If the afore mentioned Acts survived to the present day, they would have been justified in the 1800 election. Therefore, the general population would have had to agree with these laws. Politicians would be different because the period of “mud-slinging” journalists would never have occurred. All the reporters who tired to report or “mudsling” against the government would have been arrested. Since the Sedition, Alien, Naturalization, and Alien Enemies Acts are today clearly seen to be a breach of the Bill of Rights, it can be inferred that for these Acts to stay part of American Law for over 200 years, one or both of two things must have happened. 1) Many of the original ten Amendments to the Constitution must have been repealed because of conflict with the Acts. 2) The interpretation of the Bill of Rights must have changed because the widely held interpretations would not have allowed for the Acts to remain in action. If either of these events had occurred, it would have a drastic effect on our law-making, and therefore our attitudes and behavior as well, since our attitudes and behavior must be consistent with our laws, or the laws would not exist.
#7 If the Sedition, Alien, Naturalization, and Alien Enemies Acts were in affect today, The Patriot Act would have been much more drastic, and American politics would be vastly different. If the afore mentioned Acts survived to the present day, they would have been justified in the 1800 election. Therefore, the general population would have had to agree with these laws. Politicians would be different because the period of “mud-slinging” journalists would never have occurred. All the reporters who tired to report or “mudsling” against the government would have been arrested. Since the Sedition, Alien, Naturalization, and Alien Enemies Acts are today clearly seen to be a breach of the Bill of Rights, it can be inferred that for these Acts to stay part of American Law for over 200 years, one or both of two things must have happened. 1) Many of the original ten Amendments to the Constitution must have been repealed because of conflict with the Acts. 2) The interpretation of the Bill of Rights must have changed because the widely held interpretations would not have allowed for the Acts to remain in action. If either of these events had occurred, it would have a drastic effect on our law-making, and therefore our attitudes and behavior as well, since our attitudes and behavior must be consistent with our laws, or the laws would not exist.
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