A case was brought on his behalf because he was jailed for way too long with no charges filed against him along with other issues that were in violation of his Constitutional rights. The evening before his case was to be heard because of the Supreme Court charges were finally filed against him. It really is thought that this is only done so that the Supreme Court would not hear the full case as the Bush Administration would have been found guilty of wrongdoing. Ironically, no charges were filed which had to complete using the allegations of his supposed involvement to detonate a “dirty bomb.” He had been faced with lesser much less specific crimes though Attorney General Ashcroft had stated when he was detained that the data against Padilla was overwhelming. Before he was set to face trial, Padilla’s attorney attempted to argue that due to the torture he had been afflicted by plus the period of time he was detained he was not mentally competent to stand trial. A judge ruled he was eventually found guilty and sentenced to 17 years in prison (Martinez, 2007) that he was competent and.
On Monday April 4th, 2011 the House of Representatives reviewed the Patriot Act and voted to increase it towards the 8th of December, giving the ability to your Federal Bureau of Investigation and several other federal agencies to still use roving wiretaps among other powers that overstep our rights that are constitutional. February 28th, 2011 was considered to be the final day of the Patriot Act since no legislation that is new been passed. With this specific extension, America waits for hearings to be held by the Judiciary Committee. When it came right down to voting for the extension many Republicans voted because of it and Democrats argued against the extension. However, what was a shock to many was the undeniable fact that sixty-five Democrats voted for the extension associated with the Patriot Act. (more…)