The Constitution glimpsed from Tule Lake. (Judgments Judged and Wrongs Remembered: Examining the Japanese American Civil Liberties Cases of World War II on their Sixtieth Anniversary)

Law and Contemporary Problems, March, 2005 by Gudridge, Patrick O.

 
   Old Man. But there are some 
 
   That do not care what's gone, what's left: 
   The souls in Purgatory that come back 
   To habitations and familiar spots. 
 
   Boy. Your wits are out again. 
 
   Old Man. Re-live 
 
   Their transgressions, and that not once 
 
   But many times; they know at last 
 
   The consequences of those transgressions 
   Whether upon others or upon themselves; 
   Upon others, others may bring help, 
 
   For when the consequence is at an end 
   The dream must end; if upon themselves, 
   There is no help but in themselves 
 
   And in mercy of God. (1) 

I

INTRODUCTION

The accumulated texts that supply the working materials of constitutional law are not only written records of responses to problems of government...

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