Word: constitutionalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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He began with a prepared statement. "For generations," he said, "Americans have prided themselves on being a people with democratic ideals, a people who pay no attention to a man's race, creed or color. That very phrase has become a truism. But it is a truism with a...
-Article 1, Section 8, The Constitution of the U.S.
Despite such past extensions of the interstate commerce clause, it has never been used as a basis for civil rights legislation. Critics of the Administration's proposal argue that it would stretch the clause beyond all reasonable bounds, open the door to federal regulation yet undreamed of, produce a...
The Constitution provides that during a session of Congress neither house may "adjourn for more than three days." Last week, accordingly, both houses went through the motion of meeting a couple of times. One token meeting of the Senate, with two members present, lasted just three seconds - a speed rec...
Laval's chain was never totally forged, in part because the British helped drive Mussolini into Hitler's arms during the Abyssinia crisis, in part because disputatious Deputies back in Paris sabotaged his efforts. Laval never forgave either. Ironically, France's No. 1 traitor-to-be fell...