Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties (2004)

Original title

Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties

Directed by

Nonny de la Peña

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 06m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the PATRIOT Act and argues that it violates civil liberties protected by the US Constitution. It discusses how the law was passed quickly after the 9/11 attacks and is used to justify abuses of rights.

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What happens

Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties is an American 2004 political documentary about the legal problems with the PATRIOT Act. It posits that the law, hastily passed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, is used to justify a variety of abuses of civil rights that are guaranteed by the US Constitution. This third and final film in the Un-trilogy from Executive Producer Robert Greenwald and Earl Katz, is a Public Interest Pictures Film. Unconstitutional was written, produced and directed by Nonny de la Peña. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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