Word: bellotti
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...April 1978 the Supreme Court paved the way for further advances in corporate political power. The Court, in the case of First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, declared unconstitutional a Massachusetts state law prohibiting corporations from spending money to influence state-wide initiataive campaigns when the issue at stake does not materially affect them. (Note that even this powerful law could not and did not prevent soft drink manufacturers from spending money to defeat the bottle bill initiative.) Justice Powell, in writing the majority opinion, stated: "[Free speech] is indispensable to decisionmaking in a democracy, and this...
Congressman Robert Drinan (D-Mass.) has said he feels uneasy about the Bellotti decision. He expressed his doubts at a Congressional hearing...
...vitamins and health foods, as well as his chemotherapy pills. Massachusetts doctors warned, however, that Laetrile was incompatible with regular chemotherapy and had, in fact, caused signs of cyanide poisoning in Chad's body. After considering a possible kidnaping charge against the Greens, Massachusetts Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti instead sought a court order demanding that the Greens return Chad to Massachusetts for treatment. Judge Guy Volterra granted the order. Last week he held the parents in contempt of court for disobeying it, but gave them another week to comply before assessing any penalty...
...King this afternoon to come and reiterate his views, but that's o.k. because Frank Bellotti, the state's attorney general who is also running for reelection, has just shown up and he can give a speech to stall for more time, until King comes...
...father was gassed in World War I...I realize maybe more than anyone else how important this union is. I wouldn't have gotten educated without it...I care about you and I want you to care a great deal about what happens to us on November 7." Bellotti, who is wearing a light easter-egg blue suit smiles cheesily and steps off the stage. Everyone pats him on the back, and he is surrounded by friends who call him Frank, "ole buddy...