Americans should demand the Patriot act and the NDAA be repealed

I agree text notifications would be very efficient. 1. As I corrected myself in my original response, I do not believe both laws are unconstitutional in the entirety just particular sections as named previously. 2. To say that it would have no power is simply false, if it were true these laws would never have come into effect. If it did nothing to expand their power they would not have created them. 3. True a state may refuse to enforce any law that is believed to be unconstitutional but the problem is the federal government is not going to declare when the unconstitutional provisions of these laws are going to be used. They happen and the American public may never know it was the federal government that is responsible. They have become quite infamous for having zero accountability. There would be nothing a state could do to keep the federal government from executing the laws within their state borders except file complaints and the federal government is not likely to halt their operations because of complaints. 1. My opponent made the statement "it allows the military to detain a person under the authority of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). It merely expands who can be targeted, statutorily" and yet claims that repealing these sections will do nothing to hinder their power. By limiting who can be targeted it will directly affect the scope of their power. Though not a one fix all it is a good start. The AUMF is the ultimate source of power needed for section 1021 and 1022 to be used but that does not negate that the two provisions are an expansion of that power. To compare this scenario to a normal everyday scenario Imagine the AUMF is the engine of a car, it gives the car the power it needs to move so these two provisions are like adding a turbo to the car. It enhances the speed of the car but without the turbo the car would still work. It is merely an addition to a pre-existing power source. Removing these two provisions would slow the power of the federal government. 2. My opponent correctly states that the 2012 NDAA was signed after his assassination but I believe he is still missing the main point. While eliminating these provisions to the NDAA will not completely stop the federal government from doing as they please but it is the first step in hindering their power. You cannot chop down a tree with one swing of your axe, it takes repetitive swings at the base of the tree. Cut its foundation out from under it. I never made a claim that if these laws were repealed these situations would come to a halt. The federal government is creating laws faster than we can read them so we have to do the best we can to slow them down. They create different avenues for their actions to be justified so to allow them to continue creating them would be a threat to the American people. They create "branch laws" which are laws that are created for the sole purpose of giving them multiple methods of justifications making it nearly impossible to prove any illegal act was committed. Apologies for the short response but I am not sure if I will be back in time for a full length response.