Word: constitutionalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Arbitrary & Capricious. "We do not come here to challenge the purpose of this act," said South Carolina's David W. Robinson II, 34, who, as special counsel for his state, opened the two-day argument. "We believe that every citizen, white and black, has the right to vote under...
Finally came the announcement the nation had been waiting for. An exuberant voice proclaimed: "I, J.T.U. Aguiyi Ironsi, general officer commanding the Nigerian army, have formally been invested with authority as head of the Nigerian armed forces." So saying, Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi (pronounced Agwee-yee Ironsee) abolished the...
Coffin & Banner. It is probable that the conspirators, who believe with Nzeogwu that "only in the army do you get true Nigerianism," intended to follow the coup with a Nasser-style revolution based on a permanent military regime. But they quickly lost their control of the army to the remaining...
"I'm not a feminist; I'm a human being," was the answer Mrs. Gandhi gave last week to the inevitable question about how it feels to be India's first woman Prime Minister. At another point, she archly expLalned that under the Indian constitution, all persons are equal, regardless...
Time after time in the past decade, the Supreme Court has held that discrimination by private individuals is not forbidden by the U.S. Constitution. But how to distinguish between private acts and public responsibility? Last week the court tried again to deal with the question and stirred up almost as...