Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Winner of the lonely election was Elpidio ("Pidiong") Quirino, who became President last year after the death of Manuel Roxas. Breezy and genial, Quirino tries, at his meetings with reporters, to act like President Truman at White House press conferences, plugs his own version of the Fair Deal for the Philippines. His big selling point is his friendship with the U.S. (he wangled an invitation to visit the U.S. last summer). Filipinos generally regard him as personally honest, but much of his administration is corrupt and he is surrounded by politicians who cannot resist a chance to make a fast...
...authors. When he delivers a sentence in accordance with the law, the judge becomes an accessory to the fact and therefore is equally responsible for its results." 2) The judge "can never pass a sentence which would oblige those affected by it to perform an intrinsically immoral act . . ."3) "Under no circumstances can a judge acknowledge and approve an unjust law . . . Therefore he cannot pass a sentence that would be tantamount to approval of it." 4) "However . . . the judge may-sometimes even must-allow the unjust law to run its course, if this is the only way to avoid...
Reaction. In the U.S. the repercussions came fast. The National Catholic Welfare Conference in Washington, D.C. explained that the Pope's speech was not "a newly arrived at position . . . The common view of theologians holds that the act of the judge in pronouncing a divorce is merely an official declaration that the state regards the civil effects of the marriage as no longer existing. Since this declaration is in itself a morally indifferent action, it can be permitted, at least in certain circumstances...
...passing the Smith Act, Howe said, Congress itself the right to decide that advocacy of revolution presents "a clear and present danger" to the government...
...recent decisions, Howe said, the Supreme Court has indicated that it, and not Congress, has the right to settle the question of "immediate danger." Because the Smith Act runs afoul of these decisions, Howe said, "My personal vote would be that it is unconstitutional...