He is known for alleging that numerous Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. Ultimately, the smear tactics that he used led him to be censured by the U.S. Senate.
Virginia was in tatters after a series of battles in the first years of the war, so Lee was hoping to give Virginia some relief and to take the battle North into Northern territory to inflict damage onto the towns of the North. This would have the added benefit of a psychological blow for the North, if they were to lose a battle on their own turf.
The United States v. Fields could impact the public officials cannot victim libel unless, the false statement in the United States I think is a big impact and a crime. Field never served in the military so they consider that was convicted under stolen value.
The Supreme Court broke up the Standard Oil trust. This was the event that was prompted by Ida Tarbell's investigative Journalism.
