But if we own the underlying title and they own an occupancy right, then doesnt that mean that were sort of like their landlord, right . Because thats the one that were familiar with. So, the landlord owns the building. You have an occupancy right to live there. And how do you get rid of tenants you dont like . Well, you change the lease terms. So, now it would be, you know, i love your dog. Hes a great dog, but you know, a 20,000 pet deposit, its not unreasonable. So, youre more than welcome to stay as long as you want to. As long as you want to, with the dog, but i need 20,000. Youre like, oh, this is terrible, im moving. You say, oh, ill miss you. Youve been great, right . And thats sort of what happens to the cherokees. What troup does is he marches into the legislature of georgia and says, look, were their landlords, and he uses that. And so, we can theyre our tenants. We can change the lease terms and you guys should do something to act on this. And thats pretty much troups contr
All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonish to give their attention landmark cases, cspans special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12th historic Supreme Court decisions mr. Chief justice, former mayor please the court quite often, in our most famous decisions, theyre one that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate, very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Hello and welcome to landmark cases. This is the first of 12 historic Supreme Court cases that we will look at this season. Mcculloch v. Maryland is our case tonight, and we will learn more about this significant case in the people and issues behind it and why it is so important in our American History process. Later,
Test. Land speculators would push for recognition of title for 50 years. The purchases were in 1773 and 75. And eventually, theyd get before the Supreme Court, and what the Supreme Court did in that case was to hold the purchases invalid on the grounds that the tribes didnt own their own land. And this is the point at which, 1823, the federal government does adopt a rule about indian occupancy rights being the limit of tribal land rights. And its a construct of this case. And what the court finds is that when europeans discovered the new world, they found it in the possession of native peoples. And the question arose, who owns the discovered lands . The europeans says John Marshall for the court in johnson versus mcintosh, determined that the way it should work is as follows upon discovery, the underlying title to all discovered lands becomes the property of the discovering european sovereign. Thats the king of england, fine. If its the king of france, fine. That european sovereign own
Harris murder trial before this class. The deepest cause where well find the true meaning of the revolution was in the transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. So well talk about both sides of the story here, the tools t techniques of slave owner power and talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. Watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the American Revolution to september 11th. Lectures in history on cspan3, every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Washington journal primetime, a special evening edition of washington journal. On the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our guests are chicago mayor lightfoot on the cities and her personal response to the pandemic and the director of ucla center for global and immigrant health talks about the spread of the vi
Expansion. Among the the luminous records of the federal courts europe the National Archives, are hundreds of freedom suits. Cases brought by slaves seeking to obtain their freedom. One such case initiated by dred scott in 1846 made it all the way to the Supreme Court where the final decision became one of the most infamous decisions of thethe history of the court. Our guest today looks at three notable precivil war Supreme Court justices and how the uphill the institution of after rolling. Ng the first, chief justice of the states, John Marshall. Joseph story and chief Justice Roger came. Paul finkelman is the president of grants college in greater philadelphia. Before taking this position he held the fulbright chair in human rights and social justice at the university of ottawas school of law. He has held a number of endowed chairs and was a tenured professor including the chair in american legal history at the duke law school. He authored more than 200 scholarly authors including th