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...constitution is based on the old 1952 constitution and is cleverly written to conceal its authoritarian bent. One clause excludes from the Chamber of Deputies all men who don't possess a degree stating they've completed what would be a high school education in America. This will, of course, effectively exclude members of the lower and much of the middle class from being elected to the Chamber...
...position of the new deputies, when and if elections are held, will also be significantly weakened by the constitution. They may now be arrested without the consent of the Chamber. Many observers think this situation puts them directly under the control of the ruling junta...
Pending a final tally of absentee ballots that will take another week, the Social Democrats wound up with twelve additional seats, or "mandates," for a total of 125 and their first absolute majority in the chamber since 1940. The party had not really expected such a showing. The Social Democrats had taken gloomy pre-election forecasts seriously enough to cast about for new gimmicks in a country where social reform seems to have gone about as far as it can go, and taxes about as high (in addition to income taxes averaging 30%, Swedes pay a painful 11% sales...
Picking a panel of jurymen has rarely been much of a problem for many federal court clerks. They have simply gone to "key men" in big cities-the head of the Kiwanis, perhaps, or the Chamber of Commerce boss-and asked for suggestions. Not surprisingly, those who have been recommended have usually been white and comparatively affluent. Judges have tended to approve the system because the lists produced educated juries...
Newton was accused of killing a cop in a gunfight, for which he could have gone to the gas chamber. Last week, instead, he was found guilty of manslaughter, and now he faces two to 15 years in prison. Though there were only a few racial outbursts to mark the court's finding, no one in Oakland was taking threats by Black Panthers with anything but seriousness...