Abstract

Two Major Court Decisions

Liberals won two victories in the U.S. Supreme Court. One was in the case of Harry Bridges. The other was in the anti-trust suit against the Associated Press. But neither decision was satisfactory. Both were evasive. People have a right to expect more from a New Deal Supreme Court largely made up of younger men with progressive reputations. It is true that it took courage to free Harry Bridges from deportation and to rule against the Associated Press. Powerful forces, of commanding influence in Congress, the country, and the press, have pursued Bridges with unrelenting hostility for more than a decade. The Associated Press is a combination of the greatest newspapers in the country; their A.P. "franchises" are worth millions of dollars, and their power to make life miserable for any, man in political life is obvious.