Workers against the City: The Fight for Free Speech in Hague v. CIO
Donald W. Rogers, "Workers against the City: The Fight for Free Speech in Hague v. CIO "
English | ISBN: 0252043464 | 2020 | 260 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0252043464 | 2020 | 260 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The 1939 Supreme Court decision Hague v. CIO was a constitutional milestone that strengthened the right of Americans, including labor organizers, to assemble and speak in public places. Donald W. Rogers eschews the prevailing view of the case as a morality play pitting Jersey City, New Jersey, political boss Frank Hague against the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) and allied civil libertarian groups. Instead, he draws on a wide range of archives and evidence to re-evaluate
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