Society & Culture
Robert Foss is the Director of Immigration Legal Services Division at the International Institute of Los Angeles. "Well I think in general, it's interesting to parse the word ecstasis, ecstacy. And ecstasis to stand outside oneself. So it's a kind of, it's an altered state of consciousness, it's a kind of transcendence...but it's also a connection, some sort of realization that on some deep level, one is not alone." /11:37 Supreme Court Cases Referenced The Cherokee Cases were a trio of cases before the Marshall Court: Tassels' Case: a December 1830 writ of error in the criminal case of George Tassels, mooted by Tassels' execution before the Court could hear the case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831) Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832) United States v. Schooner Amistad, 40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518 (1841). Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) In re Ah Fong, 1 F. Cas. 213, 216 (1874) ("we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that much of what was formerly said upon the power of the state in this respect, grew out of the necessity which the southern states, in which the institution of slavery existed, felt of excluding free negroes from their limits."). Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 149 U.S. 698 (1893) Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) _________ Genuinely Useful podcast is sponsored by Magical Egypt (go to to this podcast’s Episode 13 with Chance Gardner, released Nov 8, 2018) You can Save 15% on Magical Egypt with Coupon Code "genuse" Own Both Magical Egypt Series 1 and 2 ___________ You can listen and/or buy the podcast’s music and support the show by visiting Bandcamp. Bandcamp -> https://abeslogic.bandcamp.com/track/what-we-crave This episode’s featured original song - “What We Crave” ---> Hear All of the Podcast's Featured Music HERE See Episode Webpage https://genuinelyuseful.com/podcast-ep23-robert-foss ========+++======== HELP SPREAD THE WORD! I’d love it if you could please share Genuinely Useful podcast on twitter and facebook: https://twitter.com/genuinelyuseful https://www.facebook.com/genuinelyuseful If you enjoy this podcast, tap on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave me a rating, write a review, and subscribe! Thank you so much! Links to Share Genuinely Useful podcast: Click here to share on Apple Podcasts [iOS] Click here to share on Overcast [iOS] Click here to share on Spotify Click here to share on Google Podcasts [Android Click here to share on Stitcher [iOS and Android] Genuinely Useful Podcast Home Page https://genuinelyuseful.com/podcast Contact: genuinelyuseful@gmail.com Thanks for being here -Abe