Word: constitutionalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When he wanted a new batch of laws, he simply decreed them. When politicians irked him, he suspended their political rights. When Congress balked two months ago, he simply dissolved it. As a result, Brazilians have been wondering what will come after next March 15, when the military's...
It would simply formalize one-man rule in Brazil. As in Costa e Silva's election, future Presidents would be chosen by Congress, and the President would have sweeping powers, including the right to declare a "state of siege" and suspend Congress, as well as the right to issue...
Though most Brazilian newspapers attacked the constitution as another step toward dictatorship, Castello Branco had no fears about congressional passage. With his proposed draft, he issued "Institutional Act No. 4," which calls Congress into extraordinary session between Dec. 12 and Jan. 24 for "discussion, voting and promulgation" of the new...
Twice this term, Stewart has publicly chided his brethren for passing up chances to tackle the misdemeanor issue. In October came the case of an indigent Little Rock, Ark., Negro busboy, who was found necking with a white waitress and convicted of "immorality," a local misdemeanor. Tried without counsel, he...
In the majority opinion of the Court, Justice Hugo L. Black argued that the United States Constitution makes no restrictions on how the states choose their governors. Justices William O. Douglas and Abe Fortas, however, in separate dissents from the five-to-four decision, pointed out that turning the election...