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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/historian-jill-lepore-explores-the-constitution-and-its-interpretations-in-we-the-people by Geoff Bennett 19/9/25 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/historian-jill-lepore-explores-the-constitution-and-its-interpretations-in-we-the-people by Geoff Bennett 19/9/25 PBS NEWS] | ||
Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard University and author of the new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” Geoff Bennett sat down with Lepore for our series, On Democracy. | Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard University and author of the new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” Geoff Bennett sat down with Lepore for our series, On Democracy. | ||
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[https://www.aclu.org/about/aclu-history by ACLU History] | |||
In the years following World War I, America was gripped by the fear that the Communist Revolution that had taken place in Russia would spread to the United States. As is often the case when fear outweighs rational debate, civil liberties paid the price. In November 1919 and January 1920, in what notoriously became known as the “Palmer Raids,” Attorney General Mitchell Palmer began rounding up and deporting so-called radicals. Thousands of people were arrested without warrants and without regard to constitutional protections against unlawful search and seizure. Those arrested were brutally treated and held in horrible conditions. | |||
