Essay: Washington and Hicks vs The state of California lawsuit
Muharrar affirms that Washington and Hicks later filed a suit for arbitrary arrest and intrusion of privacy in the controversial Washington and Hicks v The state of California lawsuit. The plaintiffs did not recover any compensation the judged ruled in favour of the federal government claiming that in that particular case, the threshold for legal redress had not been reached. (Muharrar, 1998) (more…)Essay: WWI-US intervention in 1917
The then US President Woodrow Wilson had earlier declared US’s neutrality in World War 1. He noted, however, that America would not condone unrestricted submarine warfare citing US ideals of ‘individual human rights of God given freedoms.’ Wilsons’ moral compass reflected his idea of respecting individual rights and as such, enhancing moral fibre – he saw no need for war.