The Supreme Court and McCarthy-era repression : one hundred decisions /

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Main Author: Lichtman, Robert M., 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012
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Table of Contents:
  • Defining the McCarthy era
  • The justices of the Vinson court, Douds, and the start of the court's McCarthy era (October term 1949)
  • Dennis, the Attorney General's list, loyalty programs, contempts, and more (October term 1950)
  • Deportations, fallout from Dennis, and the Rosenberg case (October terms 1951 and 1952, special term 1953)
  • The coming of the Warren court, the Emspak trilogy, and Brown's consequences (October terms 1953 and 1954)
  • Nelson, Cole v. Young, and the beginning of the campaign against the court (October term 1955)
  • "Red Monday," decisions, Jencks, and a crescendo of anti-court attacks (October term 1956)
  • Beilan, Lerner, and the court's shift, passport cases, and Congress's court-curbing climax (October term 1957)
  • Barenblatt, Uphaus, the court in retreat (October terms 1958 and 1959)
  • Scales and CPUSA, Wilkinson and Braden, Konigsberg II and Anastaplo-a full--scale retreat (October term 1960)
  • Frankfurter's departure, a near-decision in Gibson, and the era's end (October term 1961)