Word: arrested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Until Christmas? Just after midnight, Cain abruptly ended his speech and demanded a quorum call. His filibuster had lasted 12 hours and 8 minutes.* The sergeant-at-arms began routing out snoozing Senators and, when he could not find enough, was ordered to arrest a few-a temper-raising procedure which had not been invoked since 1942. But arrests proved unnecessary as, one by one, Senators straggled in, grinning sheepishly as their waiting colleagues applauded each latecomer. For an hour the Senators wrangled. Lucas wanted an agreement to vote on the bill itself; Wherry demanded a vote on a motion...
Lawyers' "Deal." With the arrest of the six began a series of curious developments. The evidence was presented to a District of Columbia grand jury...
...afraid that the argument might be made that the Government had got on the trail of the stolen documents by illegal means. They were afraid the Government might end up without any convictions. An FBI agent said flatly: "The FBI secured no documents through any means . . . except incident to arrest. They were all legally obtained." Why had Justice lawyers pressed the espionage charge in the first place, knowing from the beginning the nature of the evidence? In a paraphrase of Jaffe's lawyer, Arent, Mclnerney said: "I guess I was just overzealous...
...rapidly disintegrating group of rebels is called the White Band PVO (People's Volunteer Organization). The surrendered PVO leader, Bo La Yaung, last week toured Rangoon flourishing a chit that read: "Bo La Yaung, having surrendered on May 12, has been granted full amnesty. No one must arrest him unless by order of the commissioner of police. [Signed] So Myint, Deputy Commissioner of Police...
...court can enforce a fair trial, it can enforce freedom from arbitrary arrest, and it can protect freedom of speech, but a court can't enforce the right to work or the right to medical care...