Linda Jenness
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Linda Jenness was a Socialist Workers Party candidate for president in the United States presidential election, 1972. She received 37,423 votes (vs. 47,169,911 for Richard Nixon).
In 1972, Jenness, Vice Presidential candidate Andrew Pulley, and People's Party candidates Benjamin Spock and Julius Hobson wrote to Major General Bert A. David, commanding officer of Fort Dix in New Jersey asking for permission to distribute campaign literature and to hold an election-related campaign meeting. Based on Fort Dix regulations 210-26 and 210-27, General David refused the request. Ultimately the case made its way to the United States Supreme Court (424 U.S. 828 -- Greer, Commander, Fort Dix Military Reservation, et al., v. Spock et al, which ruled against the plaintiffs).
Jenness had previously been the party's candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1970. She had collected 88,175 signatures in order to get on the ballot. Jenness, the SWP and two other candidates of the party brought a lawsuit Jenness v. Fortson 403 U.S. 431 (1971) regarding Georgia's ballot access standards, a case about which it has been said that it "continues to haunt the jurisprudence of ballot access law" (Raskin 2003, page 103).
She had also been involved in the case 26 F.C.C.2d 485 (1970), regarding media coverage of third-party candidates.
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[edit] Books
Linda Jenness has authored several books and pamphlets, or provided introductions. Some of these are as follows:
- Jenness, Linda and Fidel Castro (1970). Woman & The Cuban Revolution Pathfinder Press
- Jenness, Linda (1972). Socialism and democracy; a speech by Linda Jenness, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, 1972. Pathfinder Press ISBN 0-87348-280-8
- Jenness, Linda (1973). Feminism and Socialism. Pathfinder Press ISBN 1-199-12398-6
- Jenness, Linda and Andrew Pulley (1973). Introduction to Watergate: The View from the Left - Unpublicized Facts About Government Attacks on Dissenters and the Socialists; Strategy for Fighting Back Pathfinder Press
- Jenness, Linda (1975). Last Hired, First Fired: Affirmative Action VS. Seniority
[edit] References
- Raskin, Jamin (2003). Overruling Democracy; The Supreme Court Versus the American People
| Preceded by Fred Halstead |
Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate 1972 (lost) |
Succeeded by Peter Camejo |
[edit] References
- 424 U.S. 828 -- Greer, Commander, Fort Dix Military Reservation, et al., v. Spock et al
- Results, 1972 American Presidential Election
[edit] Further reading
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