Session #86 · 1959–61

Speech #860077504

In the case of Schware against Board of Examiners of New Mexico the Court denied the right of the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners and of the State supreme court the right to refuse a license to practice law to a former member of the Communist Party. and in the case of Konigsberg against State Bar of California the Court denied the bar examiners and State supreme court in that State the right to refuse a license to practice law to one who declined to answer questions about his alleged Communist Party membership. In the case of United States against Witkovich the Court held that the U.S. Attorney General had no right to ask Witkovich. an alien. under order of deportation. whether he had attended any meetings of the Communist Party in the United States after he was ordered to be deported. In the case of Watkins against United States the Court held that the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities could not require an admitted Communist to name his Communist associates. even though the witness did not invoke the fifth amendment. In the case of Raley against Ohio the Court set free three men who had refused to answer questions put to them by the State UnAmerican Activities Commission regarding their Communist activities.
Keywords matched
deported deportation

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES DAVIS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
860077504
Paragraph
#0
← Prev Next →