A. Show how it is important that people should have equal rights in the various States.
B. Give some illustrations of the variations from State to State of certain local laws, such as automobile laws, etc.
C. If the law of New York limits the speed of an automobile to 25 miles per hour and the law of Massachusetts limits the speed to 20 miles per hour, can a citizen of New York travelling in Massachusetts legally operate his car at 25 miles per hour? Under like circumstances can a citizen of Massachusetts while in New York operate his car at 25 miles per hour?
D. Show in detail the dangers of not voting.
F. What has education to do with citizenship or voting?
G. Should you vote for a neighbor simply out of friendship? What should be taken into consideration?
H. Discuss Roosevelt's definition of a good citizen given in Note 5.
I. Outline a proper program for a community meeting.
The Ballot--An Obligation Not a Privilege
The Privilege Of The Writ Of Habeas Corpus Not To Be Suspended Except In War
Here is something in our Constitution which I suppose you have read, but which you probably do not understand. That is, you probably do not understand its real value, not to somebody else, but to yourselves, because all of these provisions of the Constitution are for each one of us.
We may go along through life, never being placed in a position where we will have to call upon the Constitution to defend us. Most of our people are peaceful and just, and it isn't often that the rights of innocent persons are attacked or invaded. It isn't often that an innocent man is arrested for a crime, and yet such a thing may occur any day to any one of us. You may rest assured that such things do not occur as often as they would if the Constitution did not stand as a barrier to protect innocent persons. These great constitutional guaranties are not only valuable when we want to assert our rights, but they are valuable as a restraint upon wrongdoers.(83)
"_The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it._"(84)
What is a "writ of habeas corpus"? "Habeas Corpus" is a Latin phrase, which in English means "you may have the body". A writ of habeas corpus is a writ directed to the person detaining another, or holding him in prison, commanding him to produce the prisoner at a certain time and place before a court or judge, so that the right of imprisonment or restraint may be inquired into. It is an ancient writ, recognized as far back in English jurisprudence as 1679. It was used against the king in the reign of Henry VII, and on through the later years. It was recognized from time to time, sometimes entirely denied, and again given force.