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Journal of Supreme Court History

Journal of Supreme Court History

Volume 28 Issue 3, Pages 215 - 251

Published Online: 29 Oct 2003

2009, by the Supreme Court Historical Society



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Civil Liberties in Wartime
Geoffrey R. Stone 1
  1 University of Chicago
Copyright 2003, by the Supreme Court Historical Society.

ABSTRACT

I have a simple thesis: In time of war—or, more precisely, in time of national crisis—we respond too harshly in our restriction of civil liberties, and then later regret our behavior. To explore this thesis, I will briefly review our experience in 1798, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War and the Vietnam War. I will then offer some observations.


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