Sen. Mike Lee on Due Process and Imprisonment
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) discussed due process rights and imprisonment. He discussed actions in U.S. History that challenged these rights including Japanese internment and the arresting of suspected terrorists on U.S. soil.
Description
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) discussed due process rights and imprisonment. He discussed actions in U.S. History that challenged these rights including Japanese internment and the arresting of suspected terrorists on U.S. soil.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How does the Constitution protect against arbitrary imprisonment?
- How did the United State violate due process rights during Japanese Internment?
- Explain the McCarran Internal Security act. How did this violate due process rights?
- How have due process rights for U.S. citizens been challenged after September 11, 2001?
- According to Senator Lee, why has the U.S. government jettisoned their core values about due process in the past?
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Vocabulary
- Detention
- Due Process
- Federalist 84
- Japanese Internment
- Mccarran Internal Security Act
- Terrorism
- Totalitarian
- Tyranny