In the twentieth century we have already had two red scares-after world war one and again after world war two that resulted in serious challenges to constitutional guarantees of rights and freedom. Since 9/11, questions of civil liberties and constitutional guarantees of freedom have again come under fire. Civil liberties are fundamental individual rights, such as freedom of speech and religion, protected by law against unwarranted governmental or other interference. The events of September 11th are …showed first 75 words of 317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 317 total…the Attorney General's certification that he has "reasonable grounds to believe" the non-citizen endangers national security. After September 11, more than 1,200 individuals were arrested or detained and an unknown number of these people are still in government custody. Since they are not American citizens, we tend to view them as having fewer rights than those of us who are citizens. We should do everything in our power to make sure that nobody's civil liberties get violated.