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Attack on the Court (1964-10)
About this film
National Educational Televisions new, expanded hour-long At Issue series premieres tonight across the country with an extensive analysis of the Supreme Court and the storm of controversy surrounding its judges and their decisions. At Issue will make use of its increased length to emphasize in greater detail and with wider scope the timely, provocative issues of concern to the American public. These issues will range from legislation before the Congress and the internal dynamics of American government to economic and social problems. For the past year At Issue has been a half-hour, weekly program. On the premiere hour-long program, At Issue: Attack on the Court, Senator Everett Dirksen (R. Illinois), Senator Paul Douglas (D. Illinois), Senator Wayne Morse (D. Oregon), and a number of other prominent guests participate in a close-hand examination of the Supreme Court on the very day (Monday, October 5, 1964) the Court reconvenes. Joining Senators Dirksen, Douglas, and Morse are Representative William Tuck (D. Virginia), and Francis Biddle, a U.S. attorney general during the final administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In separate interviews, the five men pay particular at…
Directors & creators
National Educational Television and Radio Center
Subjects
Supreme Court, reapportionment, Everett Dirksen, Paul Douglas, Wayne Morse, William Tuck, Francis Biddle, legislative redistricting, one man one vote, Constitutional law, National Educational Television, 1964 Supreme Court, congressional investigations, senatorial debate
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