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

Lichtman, Robert M., 1933-

The Supreme Court and McCarthy-era repression : one hundred decisions / Robert M. Lichtman. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012. - 285 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : political repression and court-curbing -- Defining the McCarthy era -- The justices of the Vinson court, Douds, and the start of the court's McCarthy era (October 1949 term) -- 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 1955 term) -- "Red Monday," 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 ctober term 1961) -- Epilogue : Vietnam-war decisions and some observations.

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United States. Supreme Court --History--20th century.


Civil rights--United States--Cases.


United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

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