Word: conductivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...report said that "the independence of the universities" must not be violated. "The responsibility of the government for the expenditure of funds and the freedom of the scientist to conduct his own research, reach his conclusions in his own way, and make them public" must also never be restricted in the awarding of grants, it added...
...decision granted the U.S. citizen dramatic new immunity in the exercise of his classic right to sound off against his chosen leaders. The public conduct of public officials, the court ruled, is henceforth fair game, even if the criticism is misguided, unwarranted, undeserved or untrue. If the injured party expects to collect any damages, he will have to prove that the criticism was deliberately or recklessly false-in short, that malice was involved...
...rule that libel on government has no place in our Constitution is to have real meaning," said Goldberg, "then libel on the official conduct of the governors likewise can have no place in our Constitution." He proposed granting critics total immunity, partly on the grounds that a public official has "equal if not greater access" to public forums, and can there readily neutralize any wrongs done to his reputation...
Justice Black went even farther. The Sullivan judgment, said he, offers "dramatic proof that state libel Taws threaten the very existence of an American press virile enough to publish unpopular views on public affairs and bold enough to criticize the conduct of public officials. An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. I regret that the court has stopped short of this...
...lobbyists and Congressmen that Baker helped organize. Though Baker, as well as other men about Washington, probably breathed a sigh of relief when Elly left, he apparently had no part in getting her deported. She was subsequently divorced by her West German army sergeant husband on grounds of "conduct contrary to matrimonial rules...