Background: Imagine you are a supreme court justice and you are listening to 2 closing arguments written by 2 lawyers on opposing sides. One lawyer is for the Patriot Act, while the other argues that it is a threat to American civil liberties.

Directions:

Read and annotate both articles. Choose a side, then construct an argument for or against the patriot act. Be sure to include claims, counterclaims, and rebuttals. You can also watch the movie "Snowden" and include examples from it that are in favor of or against the Patriot Act. You must cite evidence from the text to support your argument, and be sure to provide detailed analysis for each quote you use (showing how well you understand what you read and how it connects to your claim).

you have to write the essay, it counts as cheating if i do. so just use your brain; you're a smart kid. you can do it. : )

explanation:

nah. i'm good.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things