Discussion Questions
1. The war changed American ideas on individual liberty and government power. It conveyed the nation's great power, convincing many that there was absolutely nothing America couldn't do, all as a result of its peoples' freedoms, its peoples' rights, an idea which led to the reformation of the Supreme Court's take on individual rights and civil liberties within the American nation.
2. During this time period, tensions between national security, national identity, free speech, and individual rights existed within the United States. In the time period following the war, the Supreme Court, having six newly appointed justices, found itself moving in fits and starts in resolving such tensions and reevaluating its ideas for the benefit of the nation.
3. I believe she meant that the Supreme Court does not resolve issues which present themselves within the Anerican nation in one blow; instead, it gradually finds solutions for them, sometimes, having to go "back to the drawing board" in the process.
Relative Rights
Our rights as American people are relative, not absolute, in that we can lose particular privileges as a consequence to our actions or in times that call for the nation to do so. For example, in times of war, we do not have absolute freedom of speech; the revelation of militaristic information would be considered espionage, and so on.
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