Cognitive Liberty and Legal Tyranny: An Inquiry of Correlation Between the Haymarket Riot and Lochner v. New York (original) (raw)

2018, LeBaron Liberty Library

Inherent in Haymarket is the long-lasting legacy of anarchy, the true meaning of the First Amendment, and the precepts of the idea called “America,” or self-governing communities working together to provide for all. The progressive oligarchy that grew out of the suppression of the sentiments and dissemination of ideas in Haymarket is illustrated in the Lochner case. How did this paradoxical phenomenon occur, and which interpretation of labor is correct? Where is the true spirit of liberty? This is a review of the literature pertaining to labor issues, collective action, and revolutionary political doctrines that peaked in the last two decades of nineteenth-century America. The ideas, public discourse, and goals of The People, which were so prominent in this era of American history and culture were, in effect, disregarded and tossed aside in favor of the now highly contentious 1905 Supreme Court ruling Lochner v. New York . It is the shift of Constitutional interpretation, prominence of judicial review, and the promotion and sovereignty of “We the People” within both Haymarket and Lochner that is the focus of this review. This review is not about the etiology of the Fourteenth Amendment, nor the “Due Process Clause.” This review is about the desires of the people and how media, press, and political actors were used as a means of soft power to change discourse and invoke fear in the general public. These things were done with the intention of usurping the sovereignty of the people by stifling political movements and disseminating propaganda, as a method to prohibit the ideas that opposed the inherent power structure of America and challenged the dogma of capitalism and general public welfare. This is about cognitive warfare.