WORLD WAR II - CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
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Background and Chronology
The Constitutional Setting in 1941
The Constitutional "Revolution" of 1937
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Power During World War II
The U.S. Enters the War - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
"The Good War"
The End of the War
Presidential Power During World War II
Military Power - Ex parte Quirin (1942)
Reorganization Act of 1939
Constitutional Rights and Freedoms During World War II
Religious Freedom
The Jehovah's Witnesses and the First Amendment
Political Expression and AssociationAn Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities (Hatch Act) (1939)
The Smith Act (Alien Registration Act) (1940)Alien Enemies Act (1941)
Racial Discrimination
The Fair Employment Practices Commission (June, 1941)
Race Riots (1943)
The White Primary Outlawed - Smith v. Allwright (1944)
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Civil Rights Issue
Japanese Internment Act (1942) and Executive Order 9066 (1942)
Hirabayashi V. U.S. (1943)
Korematsu v. U. S. and Ex Parte Endo (1944)
Women’s Issues
Women and the vote
Women and the war effort - Rosie the Riveter
The Impact of World War II on the Constitution
Presidential Power ExpandedCongressional Power Expended - State Power Diminished
Judicial Power Enlarged
The Power of Interest Groups Expanded
Resources
Supreme Court Cases (Findlaw)
"The Effect of War on the Supreme Court" (PDF)
[Click here If you do not have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.]The Second World War (Spartacus)
Court Cases and Codes (Findlaw)
Japanese American Internment (Findlaw)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Second Inaugural Address - 1937
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