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...Then it seemed that they would either amend Mendelsohn's motion and recess or, if the amendment failed, recess immediately," Ptashne continued. "That would have been rational. But what actually happened was that Mendelsohn gave a strong speech, stressing that the Moratorium was a political and moral matter that should be discussed at the meeting. Our opposition panicked...
Nixon has never utilized the arm-twisting powers of his office to force Congress into action-not even when his ABM system seemed in danger of defeat. But last week he said that "if Congress fails to act, we will take appropriate executive action" to amend the draft. Trouble is, the most important section of the Nixon bill-that calling for random selection of draftees-is prohibited by the 1967 draft law. It would take congressional action to change this...
...order to amend the constitution, Park must first win the approval of the National Assembly, in which his party has eight seats fewer than necessary for the two-thirds vote required. Furious bargaining is now under way with opposition members who might be induced to switch. The next step will be a national referendum on the proposed amendment. In a televised speech, Park declared that he regarded the referendum as "a vote of confidence. If the proposal is defeated, I and the government will immediately step down." He enjoys enough popularity among both people and army to make such...
...protesters had hoped the court would throw the conspiracy charges out on the grounds that they violated the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech. Arthur J. Goldberg, former As sociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, based his argument against the convictions on this principle. He contended that the Government's attempt to prove "conspiracy" against the four protesters was based on public, not secret, expressions of dissent against the draft and the war. "The First Amend-ment," argued Godberg, "prohibits conditions on any such basis...
...probity, with the Midwestern virtues that Nixon so much admires. If, as expected, Nixon appoints a man of similar convictions to replace Abe Fortas, the court will have a nonactivist or moderate majority for the first time since the mid-1950s, giving Burger and his colleagues an opportunity to amend some of the court's most controversial decisions if they so choose...