Word: adlow
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...WALK into Elijah Adlow's courtroom and you want to get out. The courtroom is a jail cell; its high flat walls move square around you, and the windows are slatted with iron. But unlike a jail cell, which offers some sanctuary, Adlow's courtroom is thoroughly menacing. You are intimidated by the judge, by the bailiffs with their thick chins and thin lips, by the chuckling old men who come to watch every day, and mostly by the walls that hold you inside--even if you are a free man, as I was Thursday, just a spectator...
...appearance before Judge Elijah Adlow is a frightening confrontation with irrational authority. He is the man in power, with his army of bailiffs, his pews full of friends. You are the victim, and that is all you can be in this courtroom. He will throw out your constitutional arguments, all the wonderful safeguards you read about in the New York Times. And he will do it bluntly, without care of subtlety: "Let's not descend to this low level of legal discussion. This is a very simple matter...
...students and welfare mothers pleaded not guilty and asked for a continuance in Boston Municipal Court yesterday. Chief Justice Elija Adlow gave them until November 21 to prepare a defense. The group must appear in court that...
...Judge then branched out to attack the United States Supreme Court's leniency towards alleged obscenity "At our humble and low level, this filth doesn't go," said Adlow. "Who's getting excited about the Supreme Court? Thank God the people still maintain standards in the community...
...hope you do," said Adlow. "When they look at this, they're going to crawl out of their black pajamas and censor...