(1919); Debs _v._ United States, 249 U.S.
211 (1919); Abrams _v._ United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919); Schaefer
_v._ United States, 251 U.S. 466 (1919); Pierce _v._ United States, 252
U.S. 239 (1920); _cf._ Gilbert _v._ Minnesota 254 U.S. 325 (1920);
Hartzel _v._. United States, 322 U.S. 680 (1944).
[206] 341 U.S. 494 (1951).
[207] 61 Stat. 136, 146 (1947); "Taft-Hartley Act."
[208] 339 U.S. 382 (1950).
[209] 339 U.S. 846 (1950). Answering in 1882 the objection of a
pensioner to the terms of an act under which he received his pension
from the Government, the Court answered: "Pensions are the bounties of
the government, which Congress has the right to give, withhold,
distribute or recall, at its discretion." United States _v._ Teller, 107
U.S. 64, 68. Can it be doubted that Congress has power to repeal at any
time the protection which present legislation affords organized labor?
[210] 339 U.S. 382, 394, 397 (1950).
[211] Dennis _v._ United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951).
[212] 54 Stat. 670 (1940).
[213] 341 U.S. 494, 509.
[214] Ibid. 509.
[215] Ibid. 510; citing 183 F. (2d) at 212.
[216] 341 U.S. 494, 510-511.
[217] Ibid. 513.
[218] 341 U.S. 494, 519-520.
[219] Ibid. 525.
[220] Ibid. 527-528.
[221] 341 U.S. 494, 539.
[222] 268 U.S. 652 (1925).
[223] 341 U.S. 494, 541.
[224] Ibid. 542.
[225] Ibid. 551-552.
[226] 341 U.S. 494, 567-569.
[227] Ibid. 572.
[228] 341 U.S. 494, 586; citing 274 U.S. 357, 376-377.
[229] Anti-Fascist Committee _v._ McGrath, 341 U.S. 123 (1951) heads the
list.
[230] 341 U.S. 494 (1951).
[231] 339 U.S. 382; ibid. 846 (1950).
[232] 341 U.S. 716 (1951).
[233] 342 U.S. 485 (1952).
[234] New York Laws, 1949, c. 360.
[235] 342 U.S. 485, 493. Justice Frankfurter dissented on jurisdictional
grounds. Justices Black and Douglas attacked the merits of the decision.
Said the latter: "What happens under this law is typical of what happens
in a police state. Teachers are under constant surveillance; their pasts
are combed for signs of disloyalty; their utterances are watched for
clues to dangerous thoughts. A pall is cast over the classrooms. There
can be no real academic freedom in that environment. Where suspicion
fills the air and holds scholars in line for fear of their jobs, there
can be no exercise of the free intellect. Supineness and dogmatism take
the place of inquiry. A 'party line'--as dangerous as the 'party line'
of the Communists
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