In addition to the practical skills component, this CLE will explore the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in DeJonge v. Oregon, which addressed the state’s criminal syndicalism law.  On July 27, 1934, the Portland Police “Red Squad” raided a peaceful meeting sponsored by the local Communist Party held at First and Morrison in Portland.  The police arrested Dirk De Jonge, a World War I veteran, longshoreman, former Portland mayoral candidate, and Portland communist. The State charged De Jonge with violating Oregon’s criminal syndicalism statute by speaking in support of the Communist Party at the meeting, which was called in response to a police crackdown on striking longshoremen.  The strike had shut down…