The American Sacrifice:
A Study of American Due Process Rights
Within the Context of the War on Terror
Meagan Frazier
Dr Catherine Crosbie-Currie and Dr. Steven Horwitz, Faculty Mentors
McNair Summer 2005 Research
Throughout the years, the citizens of the United States have allowed their rights to be tempered in states of immediate emergency. Each instance in which this has occurred has left the people of the United States with fewer rights. As for those assumed rights, it is these rights that have begun to disappear. On September 11, 2001, fear struck hearts worldwide as U.S. citizens were used as weapons against the country in which they bestowed their trust.
This paper will examine due process, both procedural and substantive. It will question the application of due process within times of war and seek to find whether the United States is currently in a time of war and whether such war powers can be applied. The Patriot Act will become the way in which to explore the meaning of civil liberties within the United States and the flexibility of said liberties.