The Cold War Court : a rhetorical analysis of the Supreme Court's debate concerning the American Communist Party in Dennis v. United States, 1951 /
approval, as the century comes to a close, the Dennis ruling
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1998.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | approval, as the century comes to a close, the Dennis ruling arguments and counter-arguments made by the justices in arguments. The analysis uncovered definite mistakes attempting to decide the case. The analysis focuses on the concerning the judicial rhetoric, the anti-communism constraints. Lastly, several conclusions are offered debate, and the role of the Supreme Court in the American democracy. difficult to judge without knowledge of the author's intent, dissenting opinions from Justice Black and Justice Douglas. excesses of McCarthyism.This analysis seeks to better in American history. The analysis focuses on the written In the midst of the McCarthy era, eleven national leaders of influence of official impediments at the hands of judicial is now considered exceedingly deficient. The Court is opinions from Justice Frankfurter and Justice Jackson, and performed by the five justices, misinterpretations which are plurality opinion of Chief Justice Fred Vinson, concurring plurality opinion of Chief Justice Vinson, and the manner in provisions of the Smith Act. Their case, Dennis v. United sharply divided Court ruled 6-2 to affirm the convictions of States, eventually rose to the Supreme Court, where a strategic restraint by the two dissenters, and the important text of the Dennis decision, which is mined to uncover the the American Communist Party were arrested under the the eleven. The case sparked five written opinions: the Though the Court's ruling enjoyed immense contemporary typically accused of allowing or even encouraging the understand the actions of the Court during this trying time which the subsequent four opinions responded to Vinson's |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Speech Communication". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | vi, 195 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and cases sited: pages 185-194. |