Oct 28, 2021
Federal Courthouse, NY, 1938
This is a short podcast to acquaint you with the actors about
to come on stage in the drama of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.
They are the government Prosecutor Thomas Murphy, Hiss’s principal
defense lawyer Lloyd Paul Stryker, Judge Samuel Kaufman, and the
jury.
Additional...
Oct 21, 2021
Pic: Library of CongressAlger Hiss is going on trial for perjury. This Podcast
is a survey, at 23,000 feet, of the possible arguments for The
Prosecution and for The Hiss Defense. Of each side’s possible
arguments, which are strong and which are weak? This may be
of special interest to real trial lawyers, or to...
Oct 14, 2021
Picture: Library of CongressWith this Podcast, we leave Washington and the political
boxing ring and move to New York City and the courts. There’s
still drama and tension, but no more pumpkin patches on dark and
frigid nights, no more rescues of Congressmen from the high
seas. The process is more deliberate and...
Oct 7, 2021
Certainly, this Case was painful for Chambers — bringing him close to prison for perjury, ending the quiet and lucrative life he had enjoyed for years and costing him the only decent and decently paying job he had ever had. All the same, Chambers loved melodrama, and can you imagine any more satisfying melodrama than,...