Ex parte Quirin (1942)
Georgetown University law professor Cliff Sloan, author of "The Court at War," talked about the case Ex parte Quirin (1942), which resulted from two groups of Nazi saboteurs arriving in the United States in the summer of 1942.
Description
Georgetown University law professor Cliff Sloan, author of "The Court at War," talked about the case Ex parte Quirin (1942), which resulted from two groups of Nazi saboteurs arriving in the United States in the summer of 1942.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What happened in “early summer 1942?”
- Who became “very involved” in the case, and what did he support the creation of?
- Why was the Supreme Court approached to take the case, and what was the outcome of the “special” hearing?
- What “problem” did the Justices now have? How has the ruling been viewed since?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- American Revolutionary War (1775-83)
- Attorney General
- Commute
- Convicted
- Ex Parte Quirin (1942)
- Executive Order
- Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Felix Frankfurter
- Francis Biddle
- Frank Murphy
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harlan Fiske Stone
- Henry Stimson
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Lawyer
- Nazi Germany
- Oral Argument
- Recuse
- Saboteur
- Secretary Of War