Word: brennans
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...retired, Douglas waited all afternoon in his chambers for his colleagues to pay their respects, but only William Brennan and Byron White showed up. ("We had all shaken his hand when his decision was announced at lunch," explains one Justice.) The next week, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger called Douglas' three law clerks in for tea, mentioned budget problems and pointedly asked them if they had any job prospects. At the request of the other Justices, Burger also wrote Douglas suggesting that he move from his centrally located chambers to a "more commodious" office in a distant corner...
...Supreme Court reversed the ruling, declaring that the debtor should have raised his constitutional claim in the state court. Expanding the doctrine known as "abstention," the court declared that state contempt proceedings, like criminal prosecutions, should be free from federal court interference except in extraordinary circumstances. Justice William J. Brennan Jr. dissented vociferously, saying the court had "embarked on the dangerous course" of condoning widespread violations of civil liberties...
Ironically, Brennan has been the leading national figure encouraging state courts to take over leadership in protecting civil liberties. In a series of articles, dissents and statements, Brennan has urged state courts to find provisions in state constitutions that mandate "higher standards" than Burger Court rulings on individual rights...
Even before Brennan's invitation, however, several state supreme courts had begun to base some significant rulings exclusively on state constitutions-thus accepting the challenge of the Burger Court while evading some of its more conservative pronouncements. State court interpretation of state constitutional law is final, immune from Supreme Court review unless a violation of federal law can be established. Some state courts still assume "they don't have to protect individual rights any more since the U.S. Supreme Court is doing it," says California Associate Justice Stanley Mosk, "but more states are taking the view that they...
...second period saw more of the same. Again, only Dartmouth tallied although Harvard had three of the four power plays in this stanza, including a two-man advantage for 1:08. And as soon as Dartmouth returned to full strength, John Brennan made it 2-0 for the Green...