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Feb. 2, 2013

Stories of those who resisted the heresy hunt

"Priest of Our Democracy" tells of the teachers and professors who resisted the witch hunt for members of the communist party in the early 1950s, those who collaborated, and those whose battles led to landmark Supreme Court decisions. By Marjorie Heins


"Priest of Our Democracy" tells of the teachers and professors who resisted the witch hunt for members of the communist party in the early 1950s, those who collaborated, and those whose battles led to landmark Supreme Court decisions. The following excerpt is from Chapter 6, "The Vinson Court."


Judicial Passivity


Fred Vinson, the new chief justice, arrived at the Supreme Court in June 1946, just three weeks after it had decided in <...

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