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Viet Minh Case Study

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During World War II, the people of Vietnam desired independence from French colonial rule. The Viet Minh, a nationalist party with this very goal, was formed under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese revolutionary leader who was also communist, and declared their own independence. The French did not honor their declaration of independence and soon war broke out which ended in 1954 after the French suffered defeat in the battle of Dien Bien Phu. After French withdrawal Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel, with the communist Viet Minh receiving North Vietnam and Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem, former mandarin of Nguyễn dynasty, to receive South Vietnam according to the Geneva Accords. He refused reunification election in fear that …show more content…

Public opposition to this led to O’Brien burning his selective service registration before a large crowd in order to convince them to adopt his anti-war beliefs in 1968. He was then convicted of violating 462b of the Universal Military Service and Training Act which applied to anyone "who forges, alters, knowingly destroys, knowingly mutilates, or in any manner changes any such certificate". O’Brien argument that this violated his right to free speech and served no actual purpose was rejected by the district court. The Court of Appeals found that this was in fact unconstitutional under the First Amendment as singling out special person’s engaged in protest yet still upheld his conviction due to it being a violation to not be in possession of your Selective Service …show more content…

Justice Black, nominated by President Roosevelt, joined by Mr. Justice Douglas, Mr. Justice Brennan, appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Mr. Justice Marshall, nominated by President Johnson. Justice Black became known for his devotion to and literal interpretation of the U.S. Constitution as well as rulings that would generally be considered liberal. He was in favor of the evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast during World War II in Korematsu v. U.S. in 1944, yet had reversed the convictions of tortured African-American farmers in Chambers v. Florida in 1940. Black was also part of the unanimous decision declaring school racial segregation illegal in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Justice Brennan was in favor of individual rights and due process referring to the case of Goldberg vs. Kelly which established hearing before welfare benefits could be terminated. Brennan also supported court rulings that supported gender equality, a women’s right to choose, and Affirmative Action Programs. Justice Marshall was the first African American to serve at the highest court and was considered liberal. He was part of the majority that ruled in favor of the right to abortion in the 1973 case, Roe vs. Wade. It was Marshall’s opinion that the death penalty was unconstitutional in all

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While reading Invispress, it stated that “In the United States when you turn 18, you must register for the draft” which was a immense deal at the time because people were forced to sign up for something they didn’t want to do or necessarily even believe in. Which is why O’Brien and a few other people burned their cards in protest. While O’Brien was expressing his beliefs, he got apprehended. He was convicted for violating 50 U.S.C.App.

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In A Viet Cong Memoir, we receive excellent first hands accounts of events that unfolded in Vietnam during the Vietnam War from the author of this autobiography: Truong Nhu Tang. Truong was Vietnamese at heart, growing up in Saigon, but he studied in Paris for a time where he met and learned from the future leader Ho Chi Minh. Truong was able to learn from Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary ideas and gain a great political perspective of the conflicts arising in Vietnam during the war. His autobiography shows the readers the perspective of the average Vietnamese citizen (especially those involved with the NLF) and the attitudes towards war with the United States. In the book, Truong exclaims that although many people may say the Americans never lost on the battlefield in Vietnam — it is irrelevant.

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Some of his and Justice John Harlan's arguments, laid the groundwork for future actions against an oppressive government. Oliver Brown used many of the same arguments as Homer Plessy, such as stating that separate but equal doctrine was unconstitutional because it violated the plaintiffs 13th and 14th amendment rights. While these arguments were before unsuccessful in Plessy v. Ferguson, they were later successfully backed up by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, overruling the earlier set precedent. After the separate but equal precedent was over ruled, separate but equal school facilities were forced to be integrated. Long before this groundbreaking ruling, Justice John Harlan thought that the U.S. constitution should be “color-blind”, and his dreams were one step closer, though he was not there to see it.

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Finally, in 1967, President Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court. In a mostly conservative Supreme Court, Marshall was an outspoken liberal. During his twenty-four-year tenure, Marshall voted to uphold gender and racial affirmative action policies in every case that involved these policies being contested. In every case in which the Supreme Court voted to not overturn a death sentence, Marshall dissented. Before Marshall’s appointment into the United States Supreme Court, no justice has been so adamant to uphold human rights.

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In the late 1930s, Marshall opened up a legal practice, to aid fellow African Americans in cases involving police brutality, segregation, discrimination and other racist violations of human rights. As his experience, knowledge, and influence grew in the civil rights, he began to influence civil rights and racial policy in the United States in increasingly impactful ways. In 1952, Thurgood Marshall won a landmark case: Brown V. Board of Education, which helped desegregate the American School system. After this, President Kennady appointed him to be the federal judge to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City, then, he was appointed to Solicitor General, then to Associate Supreme Court Justice by President Johnson.

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He was an African American man who had lived through segregation his whole life. It took two whole years for the ruling to come out. Chief Justice Earl Warren, along with his justices, ruled that segregation in the school system is a direct violation to the 14th amendment and was deemed unconstitutional. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling on May 17, 1954 in favor of the plaintiffs. This was then end of legal segregation in the United States.

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Brown and four other cases related to school segregation all came into in big court case to the supreme court in 1952. Before the case took place, the justices were split up on how to run the schools segregation with chief justice Fred Vinson postponing the opinion that Plessy verdict should stand. But before the hearing Vinson had passed away, then was replaced with Earl Warren. “In the decision, issued on May 17, 1954, Warren wrote that “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place,” as segregated schools are “inherently unequal.” As a result, the Court ruled that the plaintiffs were being “deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.”

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Although Justice Brennan’s time on the Supreme Court came to an end in 1990 due to old age and ill health, his influence continues to be felt today, both in the courtroom and outside of it. Indeed, the length of the jurist’s service to the American people effective guaranteed that this would be the case. Despite this obituary primarily focussing on his decisive opinions concerning racial fairness, Brennan was a vocal and persuasive member of the court in many other instances. For example, in Baker v. Carr (1962), he convinced his peers to uphold the doctrine of “one man, one vote” by mandating redistricting on the basis of population rather than geographic area.

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However the case started off slow processed, the case getting bigger and friends and family got the news about the case and wanted to help and support The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Brown family as well. The U.S District Court for the District of Kansas heard about Brown’s case around June 25-26, 1951. The Federal District Court decided that segregation for educations were harmful to the black children. However all black and white schools have the same buildings, teachers, and the transportation, the segregation were

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The Viet Minh led the fight for independence against the Chinese and French led by Ho Chi Minh. After the fight for independence the Viet Minh started to disappear and lose power prominently because of their failure to unify the South. To replace them the Viet Cong had emerged from the North which would benefit North Vietnam in their fight against South Vietnam and the United States. The Viet Cong eventually lost power and disappeared as well after the war when both the South and North unified. The United States had joined the fight because of the Containment Policy, Domino effect theory, and the attacks against the US by North Vietnam.

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