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Compelling The Testimony Of Political Deviants, O. John Rogge
Compelling The Testimony Of Political Deviants, O. John Rogge
Michigan Law Review
At the last term the United States Supreme Court in Ullmann v. United States upheld the constitutionality of paragraph (c) of a federal act of August 1954 which seeks to compel the testimony of communists and other political deviants. Paragraph (c) relates to witnesses before federal courts and grand juries. The Court specifically left open the question of the validity of paragraphs (a) and (b) relating to congressional witnesses. Justice Frankfurter delivered the Court's opinion. Justice Douglas, with the concurrence of Justice Black, wrote a dissent.
It is our purpose to consider the background, history and terms of this compulsory …
Torts - Libel And Slander - Calling A Person A Communist As Slader Per Se, Ross Kipka S.Ed.
Torts - Libel And Slander - Calling A Person A Communist As Slader Per Se, Ross Kipka S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In an action for slander, plaintiff alleged that on three separate occasions defendant had orally called or referred to plaintiff as a communist. The court rendered judgment against the defendant, holding that calling a person a communist is slander per se. On appeal, held, affirmed. Since membership in the Communist Party is a felony under Pennsylvania statute, falsely referring to a person as being a communist is slander per se. Solosko v. Paxton, (Pa. 1956) 119 A. (2d) 230.