Bond v. Floyd

Questions for Further Study

• 1.: How would you describe the relationship between the civil rights movement and the antiwar movement in the 1960s? How did the two movements overlap?
• 2.: Why was opposition to the war in Vietnam so intense in the 1960s and early 1970s? What was different about this war and, say, World War I or World War II?
• 3.: Compare this document with Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” Taken together, how do the two documents paint a picture of opposition to the Vietnam War and the intersection of race and national policy during this time period?
• 4.: On what basis did the Warren Court conclude that the Georgia legislature had to seat Bond?
• 5.: Very often, the outcome of a legal case affects only the parties involved and, by extension, others who could be involved in similar circumstances. What argument could be made that the Court’s decision in Bond v. Floyd had very much a national audience and that the outcome of the case affected all Americans?