Reading questions for Monday, October 22: “Forfeiting Enduring Freedom for Homeland Security”

1. What is the newly-created legal framework envisioned by then-Attorney General Ashcroft and implemented in the Patriot Act?  What changes have been made?  (Sec. I)
2. What are the First Amendment implications of the Patriot Act?  (Sec. II)
3. What are the Fourth Amendment implications of the Patriot Act? What is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act? What's wrong with disclosing foreign intelligence information to prosecutors? (Sec. III)
4. How does the Patriot Act change rules regarding secrecy of grand juries?  (Sec. IV)
5. How does the Patriot Act change the attorney-client privilege?  (Sec. V)
6. How do Ex parte Milligan and Ex parte Quirin apply to the military commissions proposed by President Bush? (Section VI)
7. How are alien residents affected? (Section VII)
8. How does the Patriot Act affect the right to privacy?  (Sec. VIII)