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Why yes, this is very true. And a woman went to prison
over letting her assistant know about a self-written search
warrant which was handed to her (see link to speech). |
After the terrorist attacks of 9-11, America reassessed what it meant to be free, and that included the freedom to exchange ideas. One of the biggest things the terrorist attacks brought about was the Patriot Act. If you are interested in knowing more specifically how many of your rights (off of the Bill of Rights) you have lost because Congress passed this law, then go
here. It is part one of three of a speech that Judge Napolitano gives describing the Patriot Act and the rights it infringes on. The law itself, he says, if brought to a court, would be deemed unconstitutional (specifically regarding government officials being able to write self-written search warrants). What our government is trying to do here is exactly what Milton, in his
Areopagitica, deems impossible to do: manage to keep everyone safe from every idea that might point to possible terrorist acts.
