Mix the legacy of atomic bombs, the Korean War, the beginnings of the Cold War, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, labor unrest, and racial segregation, and you have the seven years in which Frederick Moore Vinson reigned as chief justice over an equally volatile Supreme Court.
Michal R. Belknap is professor of law and chair of the JD/PhD Dual-Degree Program in History at California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA.
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