Freedom of Association

by Bresler, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9781576077726
• ISBN10: 1576077721
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

From colonial times to the information age, an exhaustive survey of one of America's most contentious constitutional rights.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	xi
Preface and Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	1	(10)
Associational Rights and the War on Terror	1	(6)
Plan of the Book	7	(3)
References and Further Reading	10	(1)
Origins	11	(18)
Associations as a Counterweight to the Power of the State	13	(3)
Associations as a Source of Social Capital	16	(2)
Associations as a Source of Personal Enrichment	18	(3)
Associations as an Element in Strengthening Self-Government	21	(1)
First Constitutional Origins	22	(4)
References and Further Reading	26	(3)
Twentieth-Century Issues	29	(56)
Freedom of Association and the Civil Rights Movement: The Court Defines a Doctrine	31	(4)
A Doctrine Reaffirmed	35	(3)
Freedom of Association and the Communist Party: The Question of Guilt by Association	38	(2)
The Communist Party of the United States of America: Heretics or Conspirators?	40	(5)
The Court Asserts Associational Rights	45	(3)
The Question of Loyalty Oaths	48	(2)
The Issue of Blacklisting	50	(6)
The Legacy of the NAACP and Communist Party Cases	56	(1)
Associational Rights versus Civil Rights	57	(5)
The Roberts Decision and the Right Not to Associate	62	(5)
The O'Connor Perspective	67	(3)
The Roberts Trilogy	70	(2)
Hurley and Parades	72	(3)
Freedom of Association and the Rights of Political Parties	75	(1)
The White Primary Cases	76	(2)
Parties Gain Associational Rights	78	(4)
References and Further Reading	82	(3)
Twenty-First Century Issues	85	(30)
James Dale Challenges the Boy Scouts	85	(1)
The New Jersey Courts Respond	86	(2)
The Boy Scouts Supreme Court Brief	88	(3)
The Dale Supreme Court Brief	91	(2)
A Divided Court Speaks	93	(4)
The Court's Critics Speak	97	(1)
The Defenders of the Court Speak	98	(2)
The Legacy of the Dale Decision	100	(5)
California Democratic Party v. Jones	105	(2)
The Scalia Opinion	107	(2)
The Stevens Dissent	109	(2)
Conclusion	111	(1)
References and Further Reading	112	(3)
Key People, Cases, and Events	115	(34)
Documents	149	(86)
George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)	149	(5)
Bryant v. Zimmerman (1928)	154	(4)
De Jonge v. State of Oregon (1937)	158	(3)
The Smith Act (1940)	161	(1)
Thomas v. Collins (1945)	162	(7)
Waldorf Statement (1947)	169	(1)
Watkins v. United States (1957)	170	(8)
NAACP v. Alabama (1958)	178	(5)
Barenblatt v. United States (1959)	183	(7)
Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (1963)	190	(5)
Elfbrandt v. Russell (1966)	195	(4)
United States v. Robel (1967)	199	(6)
Roberts v. United States Jaycees (1984)	205	(6)
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995)	211	(3)
Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (1996)	214	(5)
California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000)	219	(4)
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)	223	(12)
Chronology	235	(6)
Table of Cases	241	(4)
Annotated Bibliography	245	(6)
Index	251	(14)
About the Author	265