Backgrounder
Individual Rights in Times of War

Backgrounder, Individual Rights in Times of War, offers some talking points about the three episodes focused on in the lesson:

• Formal suspension of the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War (1861-1865)
• Internment of individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II (1941-1945)
• President Bush’s policy decision to try non citizen enemy combatants through military tribunals (Military Order of November 16, 2001: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism)