Word: byronical
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...Supreme Court disagreed. Entertainment, wrote Justice Byron White for six of his brethren in the seven-man majority, falls "within the First Amendment guarantee," as do political speech and ideological speech, and "nudity alone" cannot strip away this "mantle." Noted the court: "The zoning power is not infinite and unchallengeable." Nor was the court impressed with Mount Ephraim's justification for the ban-that it would avert parking problems and the need for additional police protection-since the town allowed a variety of other commercial enterprises. The ordinance was overly broad, said the court, in that it banned...
...Christopher Byron...
...Arizona man named Robert Edwards, who was charged with robbery, burglary and murder. At his first interrogation, Edwards requested a lawyer. Next day, though Ed wards had still seen no attorney, he talked to two detectives and implicated himself in the crimes. That admittedly voluntary confession, wrote Justice Byron White, was invalid because it had not been established that Edwards waived his right to counsel "intelligently and knowingly." White went on to announce a new rule: once a suspect invokes his right to remain silent until he consults a lawyer, he cannot undo it unless he himself "initiates further communication...
...soon find themselves paying the top 50% rate, which was originally intended for only the nation's wealthiest taxpayers. Congressional leaders and the Administration need to find a plan that will both lessen the tax burden and improve the climate for savings in the U.S. - By Christopher Byron...
...discovery, so a 17-story rig is now pushing a drilling bit deep into a cornfield 150 yds. beyond their back door. If the drillers strike it rich, so will Neil and Alice; the couple will get a one-sixteenth share of the production. -By Christopher Byron...