He and a number of other ACLU lawyers had obtained a temporary injunction against the hearing, but it was dissolved by a higher court. The very fact that HUAC had just undergone what the ...

We need to resurrect the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to get to the bottom of this. I know its mandate and responsibilities were transferred to the House Judiciary Committee in ...

On April 26, 1960, the HUAC issues subpoenas for a series of hearings to be held in San Francisco. Those called to appear include left-leaning members of the media, university faculty (roughly a ...

At that time its hearings in San Francisco touched off student riots. A call for demonstrations of opposition to the HUAC was issued by a group of student political parties currently meeting at ...

The following year, Whittaker Chambers' espionage allegations against former State Department foreign policy advisor Alger Hiss made headlines and the HUAC held even more explosive hearings.

Senator Joseph McCarthy (right) and Senator Karl Mundt (left) being interviewed by the media after initial discussions in the 36 days of the Army-McCarthy hearings ... gave the HUAC the names ...