Week 12 Civil Disobedience

I have lost confidence in America’s checks and balance system. Specifically speaking, Congress. These elected political people are suppose to represent the people of America instead they are either supporting laws and approving funding for programs that benefit them.

Dr. King said “one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws”. St. Augustine also said “an unjust law is no law at all”. With the entire Congress working for them we must prepare for the worst and that is laws being pass that are not for the people of this country.

The Patriot Act, will this Act ever become reversed? Not likely, what can we do as citizens? Probably nothing, the popularity of the Patriot Act is constantly being under scrutiny but yet Congress passes it after its sunset, it was resigned again on December 31, 2005. If we practice civil disobedience, we should try going against the Patriot Act which is a oxymoron since the unjustness of the Patriot Act is done without us knowing. It just happens while we are going about our normal day lives. (eg. Phone tapping, library check out logs, personal information exposed)