Word: confusionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Illegal evidence could be legally introduced in state trials, said the majority, in any state whose laws do not specifically outlaw it. If words mean what they say (a proviso that Justice Felix Frankfurter has sometimes disputed), the majority seemed to be saying that the protection of the Fourth Amendment...
Gentle Inquisitor. Lawyer Hiss, already vouched for by two Supreme Court justices, was a sure-footed witness, with a lawyer's skill with words. Were there conflicts between previous testimony and his story now? He pleaded a faulty previous recollection. He had "no independent recollection" of some points. Of...
The confusion was no laughing matter. It meant that in case of an atomic bombing, or a mishap at an atomic plant, no one would be able to say just when it would be safe to send in rescue squads. Said Dr. Newell: "This is like saying you don'...
Joe O'Mahoney's method of setting things straight was quite senatorial. He introduced a bill. The bill would permit manufacturers to absorb freight charges and quote delivered prices, provided they were "acting independently," i.e., without collusion. The Senate, which has been trying to draft a bill for...
Businessmen were pleased-and surprised-that Joe O'Mahoney, an old trustbuster and friend of the Federal Trade Commission, wanted to permit freight absorption, a mainstay of the basing point system. But O'Mahoney said that the bill would only put into law what FTC has been saying...