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...Gilbert decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the high tribunal would be unlikely to accept the case after its contrary Nelson ruling. Second, Congress itself could broaden the intent of Federal Communist control acts to tolerate existing state laws. But such an interpretation would be valid for the 84th Congress only, and could not legally be held to apply retroactively to a case like Struik's. And, finally, in response to the petition of 42 state Attorneys General, the Federal court could hear re-argument of the Nelson case, but there is little precedent to expect the same...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Struik Reconsidered | 5/8/1956 | See Source »

...halfway point in the second session of the 84th Congress, U.S. Senators and Representatives went home last week for a ten-day Easter recess. While they rested, they could look back on three months of hard work-but no real accomplishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Destination: Nowhere | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

Amid the laughter in the hearing room, the exchange did not seem to contribute much to the discussion of the farm problem. But it was a timely reminder that the problem has been around, recurrently, for a long time, and that the solution decided upon by the 84th Congress-whatever it may be-is not likely to be the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Joseph & Ezra | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...Capitol had been taken down, disassembled, washed prism by prism, reassembled and rehung. Twenty-two painters had brushed their way across Capitol Hill, cleaning and painting walls. By this week all was in readiness for the fall of the gavel opening the second session of the 84th Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Nub: Politics | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

...cooler heads were still saying no, and the younger, hotter heads were saying yes. Whatever view prevailed (the noes had it last week), there will be a heavy overtone of individual and party politics on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill throughout the second session of the 84th. It is likely to last until the Democrats hurry to Chicago for the opening of their national convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Nub: Politics | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

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