Law and Politics Chapters

What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.

Almost 40 years later, upon review, Korematsu's conviction is overturned.

Wilberforce and others who oppose slavery struggle to convince the public to outlaw slavery.

King John has no intention of keeping his word when he signs the Magna Carta; he signs it to stay in power.

Web sites and other information on Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics, and ancient Persia.

Japanese leaders, believing they are racially superior, invade China with soldiers who are not afraid to die for their country.

Dillinger is shot and killed after attending the film "Manhattan Melodrama" at the Biograph Theater in Chicago.

Although President Kennedy expresses sadness at the death of the South Vietnamese President, the assassination was in line with U.S. interests.

See Jefferson's original Declaration, including an indictment of slavery which Congress deleted to secure the vote.

Reforms are set into motion to make Ireland independent.

Desmond fails to reclaim Evelyn from the convent after going to England and getting back on his feet.

Curious to see "Public Enemy Number One," people go to view Dillinger's body while at the morgue.

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