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Buck v. Bell, Compulsory Sterilization, and the Constitution
My Country – Buck v. Bell, 274 US 200 (1927) On March 20, 1924, Virgina enacted a statute providing for the sexual sterilization of inmates found to have hereditary forms of insanity or “imbecility.”...
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Steel Mills, Youngstown, and Executive Authority
My Country – Truman Seizes the Steel Mills On April 8, 1952, President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Commerce to take possession of most of the steel mills and...
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The Takings Clause, United States v. Causby, and Chicken Farms
My Country – Taking Clause On May 1, 1946, the Supreme Court heard an argument regarding the taking of private property. The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution...
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Corporate Personhood, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the First Amendment
My Country – The Legal Fiction of Corporate Personhood Not long after we ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court extended it to corporations. At this time, jury selection continued to...
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Douglas C. Macintosh, Citizenship, and Memorial Day
My Country – Douglas C. Macintosh Born in Canada, Douglas C. Macintosh went to the University of Chicago and then studied theology at Yale. During World War I, he served as a chaplain in the Canadian...
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Sterilization Laws and How the United States Can Be Wrong and Evil
My Country – Sterilization Laws In 1935, an Oklahoma law provided for sterilization of habitual criminals. A habitual criminal was as a person who was convicted two or more times for crimes “amounting...
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