United States V. Amistad: Slave Ship MutinyThe impact and ramifications of cases argued before the Supreme Court are felt for decades, if not centuries. Only the most important issues of the day and the land make it to the nine justices, and the effects of their decisions reach far beyond the litigants. Under discussion here are five of the most momentous Supreme Court cases ever. They include Marbury v. Madison, Roe v. Wade, Dred Scott, Brown v. Board of Education, and The Pentagon Papers. An absorbing exploration of enormously controversial events, the series details, highlights, and clarifies the complex legal arguments of both sides. Placing the cases within their historical context (though they ultimately emerge as works in progress), the authors reveal each decision's relevance both to the past and the present. the result is a fascinating glimpse across the centuries into the workings of the Supreme Court and the American judicial system. |
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Page 111 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are. and henceforward shall be, FREE...
Page 44 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man, whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of...
Page 92 - ... it involves considerations deeply affecting our national character in the eyes of the whole civilized world, as well as questions of power on the part of the government of the United States, which are regarded with anxiety and alarm by a large portion of our citizens.
Page 44 - I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice.
Page 52 - It was a nation of white men who formed and have administered our government, and every American should indulge that PRIDE and HONOR, which is falsely called prejudice, and teach it to his children. Nothing else will preserve the AMERICAN NAME or the AMERICAN CHARACTER. Who of you would like to see the glory of this nation stripped away and given to another race of men?
Page 102 - Little did I imagine that I should ever again be required to claim the right of appearing in the capacity of an officer of this Court; yet such has been the dictate of my destiny— and I appear again to plead the cause of justice...
Page 26 - In case the subjects and inhabitants of either party, with their shipping, whether publick and of war, or private and of merchants, be forced through stress of weather, pursuit of pirates or enemies, or any other urgent necessity...
Page 33 - Scot, were ordered to serve their masters for one additional year and then the colony for three more, but "the third being a negro named John Punch shall serve his said master or his assigns for the time of his natural life here or else where.
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | United States V. Amistad: Slave Ship Mutiny Supreme Court milestones |
| Auteur | Susan Dudley Gold |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | Marshall Cavendish, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0761421432, 9780761421436 |
| Longueur | 144 pages |
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