Justice Stephen Breyer on the Importance of Civics Education
We the People
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Is the Supreme Court Legitimate?
A woman who was the Supreme Court president in Ghana wants to bring civil rights. She asks why people do what you say, and he says it's because it's a law. But one of the toughest things in the world is following the law when you think it's wrong. Go look at Cooper versus Aaron; that's a great case. The governor of Arkansas says, if the Supreme Court really makes us integrate Central High School in Little Rock, we're going to not do it. President Eisenhower said, I will send troops. He sent the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Bragg over to Little Rock. And they took those children in the school.
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