There are a few people in this country who seek to have private ownership of property abolished. No law taking away the right to own property can ever come into force in this country until the people by their votes change the Constitution. The Constitution stands guard over the farms, the homes, the money, and all forms of personal property. It guards the cottage of the widow with the same jealous care that it does the ten-story building of the bank. No person and no power can interfere with the right to accumulate property and to hold it, provided only it is honestly obtained. ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS 1. What are the three things that every man, woman, and child cherishes? 2. What does the Constitution say about these three things? 3. What was the Bastile? The Tower of London? 4. Show how injustice was worked by confining people without due process of law. 5. What are some of the essentials of “due process of law”? 6. When can private property be taken by the government? 7. When the State wishes a piece of land, end the owner will not sell for a fair price, how is the matter adjusted? 8. What right for reconsideration has a person against whom a judgment has been rendered in a trial court? 9. How can the reasonable value of property be established or proven? 10. Suppose the President of the United States wished a certain piece of property upon which to build a summer home. Could the President secure the land? Give reasons. ADVANCED QUESTIONS A. What are some of the steps necessary to due process of law? B. What would be the effect on people if life, liberty, or property could be taken without due process? C. Discuss the process of condemning property. D. Write a paper on the following: Evils of the Bastile and the Tower of London Why Military Courts Do Not Always Follow This Law The Different Purposes For Which Property May Be Taken For Public Use Why Ownership of Property Should Be Protected XIV. CRIMINAL TRIALS Accused Guaranteed A Speedy Public Trial By An Impartial Jury Of The Local District I hope no one here this morning will ever be arrested for a crime of any kind, and yet, as I have already explained to you, the innocent are sometimes brought before the court charged with a grave offense. Therefore you should be interested in the investigation of the truth of any charge that may be made against you, whether by a private individual or by a public officer. I have already explained to you that in all grave offenses when a person is charged with a crime, he cannot be brought before the court for trial until the grand jury has investigated the facts and until they have returned an indictment, or written charge, to the court. Until this is done, the court has no power to proceed.