Democrat who remained loyal to the union during the civil war. In 1864, Abraham Lincoln at a johnson as Vice President to his take it to bolster his reelection chances and johnson ascended to the presidency following lincolns assassination in april 1865. The radical republicans in Congress Found johnsons reconstruction policies too lenient. As a response, they put forth the sweeping 14th amendment which included provisions to ensure former slave citizenship and equal protection and due process of law. Good morning. This is constitutional history of the United States. Today we will be talking about Andrew Johnson, reconstruction and the origins of the 14th amendment. The 14th amendment is an amendment to the constitution, one of the three civil war amendments that is so important and so scrutinized because of the role it played place in deciding whether the federal government has the right to protect individual rights, economic rights, corporate rights. That even judges and scholars who
Refugees move into a new tent city on the greek island of less pots but the Prime Minister says its time for europe to come up with a new resettlement policy. And locked up for daring to protest against the better russian president means we need the women now determined to carry on their fight. Well. Fight. And i know those. Are really willing for the sports news as formula one champion. Promises to keep speaking against Racial Injustice i dont. Reject a report claiming it will be the most expensive ever. Under the eyes of the u. S. President the United Arab Emirates environ have officially signed a deal to normalize ties with israel its been described as a betrayal by the palestinians but donald trump says it represents the dawn of the new middle east and has marked the moment with an elaborate ceremony at the white house. Together these agreements will serve as the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region something which nobody thought was possible certainly not
Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 7 59. Since row against weighed. Quite often, and very famous decisions, are ones that corked took that were quite unpopular. Let us go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases. Tonight, we are going to be examining a 1944 war powers case of the Supreme Court. It is the story of korematsu v. United states. Aaa iaea detained through the course of the war. Mr. Korematsu said that was wrong. We have two people helping us learn the story. Peter irons is the civil rights attorney and editor of ten books including justice at war, the story of the japanese american internment cases. In the course of researching his book on this case, he found th
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 this is not something that 40, 50, 70 years later we were saying that was a mistake back then but they had their reason for it, they had no reason at the time except to uphold what they thought was a patriotic duty. For the record, i want to get some of this on the screen so people can have the reference. First of all, the chief justice at the time was hare land fisk stone . Hare land fisk stone. He was appointed by herbert hoover. He was a republican but he was he wouldnt be a republican today because he was, in fact, one of the great chief justices weve had. There were also a number of other names that have become famous to people who dont even know much about the court. You mentioned william o. Douglas. Frank murphy and robert jackson. 7 of the 9 members with the exception of Justice Jackson and justice stone had been appointed by franklin roosevelt. They were the new deal justices. When roosevelt threatened to pack the court in
Said in this meeting this case is a lawsuit the loss of more than 400 of our compatriots has been caused by the cruel and illegal American Drug sanctions against thalassemia patients. Tehran law court based on the jurisdiction law of the courts of the Islamic Republic of iran and also with estemasak. According to the law of reciprocal action, which states that the United States government and its leaders have deemed it a terrorist , it has the jurisdiction to handle the present case on behalf of this government, because the American Government has repeatedly violated the responsibility of our government and our executive officials in its domestic courts. Has done. In this Court Session also some patients thalassemia filed their lawsuit. The 5th World Congress of imam reza, peace be upon him, with the slogan of justice for all and oppression for none, and the presence of representatives of 35 countries, will be held next week in the holy shrine of razavi. The scientific secretary of thi