Evaluation:
Published: 14.12.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Hypocritical Law', 1.
  • Essays 'Hypocritical Law', 2.
  • Essays 'Hypocritical Law', 3.
  • Essays 'Hypocritical Law', 4.
Extract

Facts:
Bridges president of the union against whom the trial judge had ruled, published a copy of a telegram he had sent to the Secretary of Labor describing the judge's decision "outrageous" and suggested that if the decision was enforced, his union would call a strike and tie up the port of LA and involve the entire Pacific Coast.
He was found guilty of contempt of court.
Legal Standard:
"Clear and Present Danger"- that the substantive evil must be extremely serious and and the degree of imminence extremely high before utterances can be punished.
The substantive evil here is to be double:
1. Disrespect for the judiciary
2. Disorderly and unfair administration of justice
Questions:
Is it possible to say that the act in question could have threatened to change the nature of legal trials?
Should the judiciary be shielded from public criticism?

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