Article II as Suicide Pact
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Article II as Suicide Pact
In 1949, Justice Robert Jackson warned that “doctrinaire logic” by the Supreme Court would “convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.” In that case, Terminiello v. Chicago, the Supreme Court reversed the conviction of Arthur Terminiello. Terminiello was a suspended Catholic priest and a rabid antisemite who was convicted of violating a Chicago ordinance against “breach of peace.”Justice Jackson had served in Franklin Rooseve…
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