Charles Evans Hughes

Duration: :48

Year Published: 1965

Creator: I. Q. Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary profile of Charles Evans Hughes. Examines the legal career of Mr. Justice Hughes and explains the reasons for his stand in defense of duly elected Socialists, despite his own distaste for their party's principles, when the Socialists were denied seats in their State legislature. Discusses the paradoxical problems involved in protecting basic American rights while trying to insure the security of the nation.

Complete Record: A documentary profile of Charles Evans Hughes. Examines the legal career of Mr. Justice Hughes and explains the reasons for his stand in defense of duly elected Socialists, despite his own distaste for their party's principles, when the Socialists were denied seats in their State legislature. Discusses the paradoxical problems involved in protecting basic American rights while trying to insure the security of the nation.