All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonish to give their attention landmark cases, cspans special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12th historic Supreme Court decisions mr. Chief justice, former mayor please the court quite often, in our most famous decisions, theyre one that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate, very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Hello and welcome to landmark cases. This is the first of 12 historic Supreme Court cases that we will look at this season. Mcculloch v. Maryland is our case tonight, and we will learn more about this significant case in the people and issues behind it and why it is so important in our American History process. Later,
Eastern on cspan. Cspans history series landmark cases season two. Starts monday, 9 00 p. M. Eastern with the look of the significance of Supreme Court decision, and exploring the case is farah peterson, associate law professor and mark killenbeck. Watch landmark cases live monday 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Cspan. Org. And order the book available for 8. 8. 95 and shipping and handling. And for Additional Resources theres a link on the website to the National Constitution centers interactive constitution. Next on oral history. Kenneth carlson, his experience as a west point cadet and his years teaching at military colleges. This interview is part of the west point center for oral history. Its an hour and 40 minutes. Good afternoon, i am in the center for oral history with kenneth g carlson, how are you sir . Im good thank you. Carlson. And youre not the only carlson in your class are you . I am not the only carlson in my class, theres another guy with the same name, kenneth carlson,
Carlson. Youre not the only carlson in your class, are you . I am not the only carlson in my class. Theres another guy with the same name, kenneth carlson, hes keith edge r. Carlson, he was a wrestler, im kenneth g. Carlson i was sort of a basketball player. Did that cause any problems for you . Absolutely. The day i reported into the gymnasium, i walked into the door with my little bag and the people who had the roster there said youve already signed in. I said, no, i havent, i just walked in the door the first time. They said kenneth carlson, you just you know are, youve already signed in. I said i really have not. And they said oh, my gosh, theres two of them, kenneth g. And keith r. So when i was in east barracks i was getting his laundry which was much too small for me and he was getting mine. So now my classmates know me as ken carlson large and he eyesed to be ken carlson small but he didnt liking that so hes now ken carlson handsome and im ken carlson large. And it works out fi
Peter and paul still say that the king is the minister to all, the minister of god, a revenger on those who do evil. So the message some of these loyalists said was, obey all rulers, even the bad ones. Respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. So what you call patriotism is really just ambition. Its selfishness in disguise. And all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. Now what about the patriotic argument . What are the patriots going to do with texts like fear god and honor the king . What are the patriots going to do with texts that say that the Civil Authority are the revengers of god on wrongdoers, obey them just as if youre obeying god . What can you do with that . Is there anywhere you can go with that . Well, of course. Lets see. Jonathan mayhew, long before the revolution, concerning unlimited submission. That title is really helpful. And people like john adams cousins use this text and many, many others. And lets thing about their argument. The
Respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. So what you call patriotism is really just ambition. Its selfishness in disguise. And all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. Now what about the patriotic argument . What are the patriots going to do with texts like fear god and honor the king . What are the patriots going to do with texts that say that the Civil Authority are the revengers of god on wrongdoers, obey them just as if youre obeying god . What can you do with that . Is there anywhere you can go with that . Well, of course. Lets see. Jonathan mayhew, long before the revolution, concerning unlimited submission. That title is really helpful. And people like john adams cousins use this text and many, many others. And lets thing about their argument. They say, look again at the historical context. Peter and paul, what they were really doing was making general statements about respecting authority. Submission didnt mean unlimited submission to any king