Actually, no. Roosevelt tried to pack the court, and failed. One of the former bad guy justices switched his view and started supporting the New Deal. The Roosevelt era court mainly supported expanded govt power to regulate business, not primarily enhanced free speech and civil rights. Its most notably free speech decision was probably US v. Dennis (1948), upholding the conviction of the CPUSA leaders for conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the govt. The real civil libertarian court was the Warren Court, whose key members were Warren and Brennan, appointed by Eisenhower, and Goldberg, Fortas, and Marshall, appointed by Kennedy and Johnson. The one right thing you say here is that the Warren Court era is over. jks
--- Kenneth Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >JKS writes:>I'd be proud to defend the First > >Amendment ina NAzi case too.< > > > >if the gov't cracks down on the Nazis, they crack > down on > >the Left, too, most often in a bigger way. A first > >amendment defense of the Nazis is indirectly > >defending the Left. > > Elementary, my dear Mr. Devine. :) > > You know, FDR packed the Supreme Court down there > and that was a huge > influence felt in the social fabric of US lives for > decades... an > influence which is now waning. > > But all that "free speech" stuff, and the finding of > a right to privacy > "in the penumbra" of other rights... leading to Roe > v Wade... that came > through those hired-guns from the FDR and > Brandeis-Holmes era. > > You should definitely support your local loon Nazi's > right to smoke > tobacco. > > Ken. > > -- > The Olden Days, alas, are turned to clay. > -- Ishtar, at the Deluge __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
