Word: constitutionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Illegal Search. In one 6-to-3 decision, the court muddied up the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees Americans safety from "unreasonable searches and seizures." The court had often bent over backwards to bar the use of evidence seized illegally (i.e., without search warrants, or by wire tapping...
Following the Flag. In a belated-and reluctant-opinion which sided with a six-month-old majority decision, Justice Willam 0. Douglas raised a conscience-pricking doubt about the legality of the Allies' punishment of Axis war criminals. When seven of the 25 Japanese warlords convicted in Tokyo appealed...
Mail It In. Prophet Cope's mecca is 700-acre Yellow River Farm, 40 miles southeast of Atlanta. In 1945, when Constitution Editor Ralph McGill asked Cope to write a column, he accepted on one condition: "Let me mail it in." He still does most of his work on...
3. Agree to restore the Weimar Constitution to Germany.
4. Adopted a democratic constitution for Western Germany.