Workers against the city : the fight for free speech in Hague v. CIO / Donald W. Rogers.

By:

Rogers, Donald W. (Donald Wayne) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Working class in American historyPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

025205234X
9780252052347

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Workers against the cityDDC classification:

342.7308/54 23

LOC classification:

KF4772 .R64 2020

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Contents:

The rise of Boss Hague : municipal politics and civil liberties in the old era -- Workers in transition : remaking labor unionism in a boss-run town -- Street fight and media fight : the battle for Jersey City -- Into Federal District Court : municipal power and civil liberties in a new forum -- The U.S. Supreme Court decisions : "time out of mind"? -- Epilogue : aftermath and legacy.

Summary: "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 Hague v. CIO from the ground up. Rogers's review of the case from district court to the Supreme Court illuminates the trial proceedings and provides perspectives from both sides. As he shows, the economic, political, and legal restructuring of the 1930s refined constitutional rights as much as the court case did. The final decision also revealed that assembly and speech rights change according to how judges and lawmakers act within the circumstances of a given moment"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 Hague v. CIO from the ground up. Rogers's review of the case from district court to the Supreme Court illuminates the trial proceedings and provides perspectives from both sides. As he shows, the economic, political, and legal restructuring of the 1930s refined constitutional rights as much as the court case did. The final decision also revealed that assembly and speech rights change according to how judges and lawmakers act within the circumstances of a given moment"-- Provided by publisher.

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