Walter Nelles (April 21, 1883 – April 1, 1937) was an American lawyer and law professor. Nelles is best remembered as the co-founder and first chief legal counsel of the National Civil Liberties Bureau and its successor, the American Civil Liberties Union.

2012年9月5日 · In this correspondence between Walter Nelles and Roger Baldwin, July 1917, Nelles offers his services as a lawyer to the Civil Liberties Bureau. Nelles became the chief attorney for the Bureau during the war and then for the ACLU beginning in 1920.

Compiled and edited by Walter Nelles. New York, National Civil Liberties Bureau, July, 1918. "Freedom of Speech in War Time." Zechariah Chafee, Jr. Cambridge, Harvard Law Review, 1919. "The I.W.W.: Its History, Structure, and Methods."

Nelles: Seeing Red [Aug. 1920] 1 Seeing Red: Civil Liberty and the Law in the Period Following the War. by Walter Nelles 1 Published as a pamphlet by the American Civil Liberties Union (New York), Aug. 1920. Civil liberty means this — that every one may think for himself upon every public question; that he may say what he thinks; and that he ...

Another group, including Walter Nelles and Walter Pollak, felt that lawsuits taken to the Supreme Court were the best way to achieve change. [103] In addition to labor, the ACLU also led efforts in non-labor arenas, for example, promoting free speech in public schools. [ 104 ]

Walter Nelles (April 21, 1883 – April 1, 1937) was an American lawyer and law professor. Nelles is best remembered as the co-founder and first chief legal counsel of the National Civil Liberties Bureau and its successor, the American Civil Liberties Union.

know Walter Nelles, the scholarly prober into judicial motivations, that here was a man who for the major part of his professional career had fought ferociously in legal battle on behalf of those who sought the shelter of the Bill of Rights. It did not take long, however, to sense the power of his love of freedom. For him, the Bill of Rights was

Walter Nelles (1883–1937) was an American lawyer and law professor. Nelles is best remembered as the co-founder and first chief legal counsel of the National Civil Liberties Bureau and its successor, the American Civil Liberties Union.

Walter Nelles (1883–1937) was an American lawyer and law professor. Nelles is best remembered as the co-founder and first chief legal counsel of the National Civil Liberties Bureau and its successor, the American Civil Liberties Union.

Nelles, Walter, 1883-1937: In the matter of the proceedings relating to the legality of the residence in the United States of Gaspare Cannone. Brief for Cannone; transcript of record affidavits.