Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third bill would have the same effect on tribal lands claimed by New York State Indians. The protesters also opposed Senate Bill 1437, a revision of the federal criminal code that has drawn stiff opposition from civil liberties groups. The bill would allow police to wire-tap private telephones without a warrant under some circumstances and would also impose stricter controls on public demonstrations...
...sides worked out a compromise. By 1983 Britain will withdraw what has become an anachronistic and embarrassing colonial presence in the steamy 2,226-sq.-mi. sultanate of 190,000 people on the north coast of Borneo (see map). Meanwhile, British civil servants will continue to handle much of the sultanate's affairs, as they have since 1888, when the tiny backwater country, which a passing naval captain had chanced on 40 years earlier, formally became a British protectorate. In addition, London agreed to keep a battalion of tough Gurkha soldiers in Brunei (pronounced Brew-nigh) until the sultanate...
...getting that information enjoys considerably less protection. In two cases, the court refused to hear challenges to court-imposed limits on what participants in a criminal trial could say to newsmen. In three others, it decided not to review orders to newsmen to reveal their sources in ordinary civil cases. Two weeks ago, the court denied special prison access to San Francisco TV station KQED, specifically telling the press that it had no more right of access than the general public...
...principal device used by the Burger Court in the past to cut down on the judicial activism of the Warren Court was simply to "close the door"-to keep civil rights or constitutional claims out of federal court. But this year the Justices surprised many court watchers by opening a number of doors. Reversing a 1961 decision written by liberal Justice William O. Douglas, the court ruled that municipalities do not enjoy immunity from civil rights suits. Similarly, the court held that high federal officials could be held personally liable for violating the Constitution, except in those "exceptional situations" where...
...that it is equal in independence to the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches. The seven Federal Reserve governors can be removed only "for cause," and none ever has been. Since they are appointed for 14-year terms, they can stay in Washington while Presidents come and go. Exempt from Civil Service rules, the board in Washington and the twelve regional Federal Reserve banks hire and fire whom they please...