By Carl Davidson LeftLinks Weekly, April 26, 2024 Some of us can remember a relatively liberal U.S. Supreme Court, an institution that was often under fire from a far right that wanted its powers gutted. We could recall the Warren Court of 1955 and the Brown Decision, an initial enabling act to overthrow decades of segregation in the South and elsewhere in the country. Next up, those of us just entering politics in the 1960s took note of several high court decisions that reversed some verdicts of the Smith Act and the McCarran Act, both of which had fueled the anti-communist and anti-left tirades of Senator Joe McCarthy and the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover.
Behind the Dithering on Our High Court
Behind the Dithering on Our High Court
Behind the Dithering on Our High Court
By Carl Davidson LeftLinks Weekly, April 26, 2024 Some of us can remember a relatively liberal U.S. Supreme Court, an institution that was often under fire from a far right that wanted its powers gutted. We could recall the Warren Court of 1955 and the Brown Decision, an initial enabling act to overthrow decades of segregation in the South and elsewhere in the country. Next up, those of us just entering politics in the 1960s took note of several high court decisions that reversed some verdicts of the Smith Act and the McCarran Act, both of which had fueled the anti-communist and anti-left tirades of Senator Joe McCarthy and the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover.