Book Reviews : The Presidency and Individual Liberties. By RICHARD P. LONGAKER. (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1961. Pp. xii, 239. $4.50.)

• Author: Robert H. Simmons
• Published date: 01 December 1961
• Date: 01 December 1961
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/106591296101400427
• Subject Matter: Articles

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of the total vote. As men, they are without question interesting figures living dur-
ing an exciting period in the history of America’s largest city. As to program, the
author inadvertently informs us that they really had none.
As a study of the New York Workingmen’s Movement 1829-1837, this is a
competent work of historical scholarship, with extensive notes and a complete
bibliography.
CURRIN V. SHIELDS
University of Arizona
La Cour Suprême et le Problème Communiste aux États-Unis. By JEAN-PIERRE
LASSALE. (Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1960. Pp. 275.)
The Supreme Court publication by Jean-Pierre Lassale reviews the attitudes
of the Court in regard to communism during the years between 1947 and 1957.
Divided into three parts, the role and position of the Court in relation to Congress
and anticommunist legislation is given first consideration, freedom of speech
and association serving as central themes. The Smith Act, the Internal Security
Act of 1950, the Communist Control Act of 1954, and their constitutionality,
as well as the nature and control of congressional investigating committees, are
major subjects of inquiry within this division. Part II examines the Supreme
Court in relation to legislation and administrative action emerging from the
several states, special emphasis being placed upon the role of the states in control
of subversive activity; the &dquo;due process&dquo; clause and control over local legislation;
and questions of federal supremacy and dual legislation. Part III considers the
Court’s role in relation to the development and administration of loyalty-security
programs within the Executive Branch. A partially annotated bibliography of
good quality and appendices containing the 1950 Internal Security Act and the
1954 Communist Control Act complete the study.
While somewhat outdated, the work is a product of careful scholarship,
and constitutes a reasonably accurate reflection of the Court’s role and relation-
ships within a framework of...