RJA #12b: Field Research Report

For my field research i chose to interview a teacher on there opinions on the Constitutionality of the PATRIOT Act. My goal was to figure out what the Criminal Justice major thought about the PATRIOT Act. I started of by asking how they felt about the PATRIOT Act being passed, and the way it was passed. There opinion included that they thought that generally the PATRIOT Act was put in place to protect, but it was not done correctly. He stated that the fact was that not many people got to review that PATRIOT Act before it was passed, and never got to get a say in what happen with it. I then asked how he felt about the PATRIOT Acts effect on the law and how it has effected the Criminal Justice System. He stated that is has changed how it basic law enforcement has operated. And that it has given them to much power, to much power to obtain information, and how they obtain it. In his interview it was very evident, that he believed that PATRIOT Act gave the law, and law enforcement to much power, and changed how they operated.