Unacceptable Outcome Quotes
The questioned policy was that of the NSA collecting metadata on virtually all phone and other electronic communications made in or into the United States. The issue of the unconstitutionality was not then settled, with some federal courts and bodies saying Yes and other saying No.
Adams, a congressman after serving as President, was involved in one of the first congressional reapportionment battles:
Describing the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812:
The Japanese had gotten into World War II by insisting that they had the right and necessity to expand their empire by invading Korea, Manchuria, and parts of China. To them, it was “merciless”, for the United States and other nations to insist that they stay on their own Islands. At the time Japan had a growing population and a small, fixed amount of land. The Japanese mainland had minimal natural resources. The Japanese distrusted the notion of international trade to provide them with their necessities, so the expansionist policies were perceived to be necessary for survival. The great irony was that after Japan had all these “merciless” peace terms imposed on them, they were forced into international trade, where they did extremely well and gained more affluence and world influence than they had ever dreamed of under the militarism of Hirohito’s administration.
