id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3045 Zechariah Chafee - Wikipedia .html text/html 2138 344 68 (December 7, 1885 – February 8, 1957), was an American judicial philosopher and civil rights advocate, described as "possibly the most important First Amendment scholar of the first half of the twentieth century" by Richard Primus.[1] Chafee's avid defense of freedom of speech led to Senator Joseph McCarthy calling him "dangerous" to America.[2] "Zechariah Chafee Jr., 71, Dead; Lawyer, Civil Liberties Champion; Member of Harvard Faculty 40 Years Defended Rights of Individuals and Press Thunderer on the Left Drafted Claims Law". The Zecharia Chafee Jr. Papers (Jan. 1987) (American Legal Manuscripts from the Harvard Law School Library; microform) Zechariah Chafee Jr.: Defender of Liberty and Law. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Zechariah Chafee Jr.: Defender of Liberty and Law. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Freedom's Prophet: Selected Writings of Zechariah Chafee Jr., University Professor, Harvard Law School. University of Arkansas's Free Speech Philosophers — Zechariah Chafee ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3045.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3045.txt