Word: bans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those ringing words, pronounced by Justice Owen Roberts in 1937, the U.S. Supreme Court (Justices Sutherland and McReynolds dissenting) upset a smuggling conviction on the ground that essential evidence in the case against the smugglers had been obtained by wiretapping. Since then, the ban on wiretap evidence in federal courts has stuck, shielding not only smugglers but members of Communist espionage rings...
...Nardone v. U.S., smuggling), that wiretap evidence was inadmissible, because "the phrase 'no person' comprehends federal agents, and the ban on communication to 'any person' bars testimony to the content of an intercepted message...
...Sick Feeling. Earl Warren's own views on the race question do not necessarily indicate that he will vote to ban segregation in the schools. Some lawyers who are against segregation nevertheless maintain that each state should have the right to fix its own educational policies. In weighing such questions of law, Warren can call on wide experience as a prosecutor and administrator, but little background in private law practice, and no previous service on the bench. He was in private practice for just three years after he graduated from law school, and once admitted that court appearances terrified...
Despite the U.N. ban on shipping strategic materials to Red China, the British Dominion of Ceylon (not a member of the U.N.) 14 months ago negotiated an agreement with Red China to trade rubber for rice. Last week, after Peking enthusiastically offered to follow up its trade envoys with a good-will mission, new Premier Sir John Kotalawala made clear that the Communists are welcome in Ceylon's counting room, but not in its parlor. "I have sent a reply to the Chinese reminding them we have a trade agreement and to let our relations remain that...
...lieutenant governor. Rupp will neither confirm nor deny. "There have been efforts to bring me into the political picture," he acknowledges. But of one thing Rupp is certain: "I'll not retire until I win another N.C.A.A. championship." Vengeful Kentuckians, still smarting (along with Rupp) from the N.C.A.A. ban, figure that this is the year...