The Supreme Court and McCarthy-era repression : one hundred decisions / Robert M. Lichtman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lichtman, Robert M., 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

United States. Supreme Court.

Civil rights--United States--Cases.

Civil rights.

History.

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

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

285 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780252037009

0252037006

9780252094125

0252094123

OCLC:

769323288