Supreme Court and McCarthy-Era Repression: One Hundred Decisions 9780252080968

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Автор: Robert M. Lichtman
Название: Supreme Court and McCarthy-Era Repression: One Hundred Decisions
ISBN: 9780252080968
Издательство: Wiley EDC
Классификация:

Конституционное и административное право

ISBN-10: 0252080963
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 312
Вес: 0.48 кг.
Дата издания: 2015-03-30
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 21 black and white photographs
Размер: 235 x 156 x 43
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Основная тема: Political ideologies,Political science & theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century,POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
Подзаголовок: One hundred decisions
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Поставляется из: Англии
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In this volume, attorney Robert M. Lichtman provides a comprehensive history of the U.S. Supreme Courts decisions in "Communist" cases during the McCarthy era. Lichtman shows the Courts vulnerability to public criticism and attacks by the elected branches during periods of political repression. The book describes every Communist-related decision of the era (none is omitted), placing them in the context of political events and revealing the range and intrusiveness of McCarthy-era repression.

In Fred Vinsons term as chief justice (1946-53), the Court largely rubber-stamped government action against accused Communists and "subversives." After Earl Warren replaced Vinson as chief justice in 1953, however, the Court began to rule against the government in "Communist" cases, choosing the narrowest of grounds but nonetheless outraging public opinion and provoking fierce attacks from the press and Congress. Legislation to curb the Court flooded Congress and seemed certain to be enacted. The Courts situation was aggravated by its 1954 school-desegregation decision, Brown v. Board of Education, which led to an anti-Court alliance between southern Democrats and anti-Communists in both parties. Although Lyndon Johnsons remarkable talents as Senate majority leader saved the Court from highly punitive legislation, the attacks caused the Court to retreat, with Felix Frankfurter leading a five-justice majority that decided major constitutional issues for the government and effectively nullified earlier decisions. Only after August 1962, when Frankfurter retired and was replaced by Arthur Goldberg, did the Court again begin to vindicate individual rights in "Communist" cases--its McCarthy era was over.

Demonstrating keen insight into the Supreme Courts inner workings and making extensive use of the justices papers, Lichtman examines the dynamics of the Courts changes in direction and the relationships and rivalries among its justices, including such towering figures as Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, Earl Warren, William O. Douglas, and William J. Brennan, Jr. The Supreme Court and McCarthy-Era Repression: One Hundred Decisions tells the entire story of the Supreme Court during this unfortunate period of twentieth-century American history.

Supreme Court and McCarthy-Era Repression: One Hundred Decisions, Robert M. Lichtman