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...language, the resolution asks that courts give the states at least one legislative session, plus an additional 30 days, to meet the Supreme Court's one-man-one-vote requirements. But the "sense of Congress" really makes very little sense: there is no legal machinery that can compel the federal courts to take cognizance of the resolution. It is about as binding as a rubber band...
...Stanleyville, "General" Nicholas Olenga, was making threats about Americans as well. "We are a sovereign and independent country, which has an internal war on its hands, and it is for none but ourselves to settle our differences," he declared, adding that more U.S. aid to Tshombe "would most regretfully compel me to reconsider my position vis-a-vis nationals of that country in my territory." The most immediate danger was to the small group of Americans in the consulate at occupied Stanleyville...
...does not advertise in out-of-state publications, is not recommended by any motor associations or national groups (such as Duncan Hines). Said Pickrick Attorney William McRae: "The power of the Congress under the commerce clause has been almost as broad as the plan of Salvation. If you can compel a restaurant owner to sell to whoever calls on him, you can compel him to buy 10% of his food from a company owned by Negroes." Added McRae, in what surely must be one of the most surprising statements ever offered before a federal court: "A fellow eats some food...
...allowing a county to abandon public schools, the object must be a constitutional one, and grounds of race and opposition to desegregation do not qualify as constitutional," wrote Black. Since "relief needs to be quick and effective," the Justices declared that federal district courts had the power to compel county supervisors to raise taxes for the reopening of the public schools...
...them not yet 30-are working on pocket phones, wristwatch phones, and laser beams that someday will replace wires and microwaves as carriers of the spoken word. A Basic Difference. Looking toward his own tomorrow, Fred Kappel knows that A.T.&T.'s inflexible retireby-65 rule will compel him to step down within three years. He also knows that though personnel and products will change, A.T.&T.'s philosophy has been too successful for anyone to tamper with it. "The first thing," says Kappel, "is to make sure that we don't ever settle for second best...