Word: constitutionalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The constitution does not allow reasons of state to influence our judgement. God forbid it should! We must not regard political consequences, however formidable they might be; if rebellion was the certain consequence, we are bound to say, Justitia fiat, ruat coelum-Let justice be done, though the heavens fall...
Crying All the Way. Shameful as Meredith's ordeal was. it had its inspiring aspects. Meredith's very presence on that campus was an affirmation that the individual's rights under the Constitution are to be enforced against whatever opposition, at whatever cost. The state government had...
In a sense De Gaulle provoked the revolt himself, by his plan to change the constitution of the Fifth Republic so that future French Presidents would be elected by popular vote rather than by a privileged electorate of 80,000 parliamentarians and municipal and departmental officials. To bring about this...
Short Shrift. Soon after De Gaulle went off the air, Parliament assembled in an angry mood. In speech after speech, Deputies warned against the risk of dictatorship, reminding France that direct presidential elections in 1848 resulted in the seizure of power by Bonaparte's nephew, Louis Napoleon. A motion...
The executive committee of RGA will meet with the 'Cliffe administration this week to decide how the constitution will be interpreted. It is expected that there will be no objection to a limited extension of parietals.