Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right

The Constitution of the United States was written to serve as the foundation of our American Government. The Constitution is the highest form of law, and no one is exempt from abiding by its laws. After the September 11 terrorist attacks the constitutional rights of many innocent persons have been violated, during an investigation to attain any one linked to the terrorism. In order to preserve these basic principles it is imperative to stand up and create an ideal argument for the rights guaranteed under the constitution. An ideal argument is defined as:

“An argument is not an altercation, but a reasonable discussion between two or more interested parties with opposing views on a question that is at issue. Each side in an argument organizes and then asserts its perspectives in order to reason the opposition toward their view point. Each side enters the debate willing to consider the opposition’s argument.”

David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law Center and an attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, fulfills the necessary criteria of ideal argument in his article, “The Ashcroft Raids” which was published in November of 2002. The article mainly attacks the US Government for violating the Constitutional rights of many innocent people through its US Patriot Act, and it effectively provides sound evidence in a well organized manner which supports his stance while remaining open to other view points. Cole’s argument is ideal due to the fact that it is well organized and in the article Cole continually backs up his position through specific examples and evidence.

Cole’s organization is tailored wonderfully by first providing his stance against the US Patriot act while presenting evidence to back up his claims, and then ends with a more sensitive attitude by remaining