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...Bill of Rights??the essence of American civil liberties—contains crucial provisions for protecting free speech, due process, and a fair and speedy trial among other things. The U.S. Constitution, in turn, was arguably a precedent for Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One might assume that as the descendants of this tradition, the people and the government of the United States would believe in the universal application of human rights around the world. However, the opposite is the case–at least for now. Ever since the War on Terror began, the Bush administration...
...Fallon added that Klarman—who won the Bancroft Prize, the most prestigious prize for American historical writing, for his 2005 book “From Jim Crow to Civil Rights??—will add a new perspective on the role of the Supreme Court...
...make lots of good appointments at the Law School, [but] this is one that really excites me." Fallon added that Klarman—who won the Bancroft Prize, the most prestigious prize for American historical writing, for his 2005 book “From Jim Crow to Civil Rights??—will add a new perspective on the role of the Supreme Court. Klarman, who was originally offered a faculty position in the spring of 2006, was attracted to the Law School after spending time as a visiting professor in the 2005-2006 academic year. During...
...then, part-way through my summer abroad in Beijing, I found myself expounding upon “unalienable rights?? to one of my Chinese teachers. I remember being surprised at having to explain to her what seemed to me to be such a basic concept—and I realized in a flash that the Declaration of Independence spoke for me. I do in fact personally hold the truths that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit...
...remember being interested in politics when I was in high school, in the ’50s. The first political issue I remember being interested in had to do with civil rights??it was the murder of Emmett Till, who was my age, when he was murdered in 1954. We were both 14, and I was so outraged by that. So my earliest political drama was over civil rights and the outrageous mistreatment of black people...