Word: consulters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President also went out of his way to consult with Republican Dwight Eisenhower-sometimes a sign that a crash landing is in prospect. Hearing that Ike was in Washington for a routine physical examination, Johnson invited the old soldier to the White House for a two-hour talk, followed by lunch...
...mistake about it," he said. "The people are ahead of us in this field. They want this program. They will support this program. They are going to have this program. I think that before the leaves turn brown in the fall, and before we go back to counsel and consult and exchange views with our constituencies, that we can have, as we say in my country, the coonskins on the wall instead of just a lot of conversation about them...
...case in point is Escobedo v. Illinois. In 1960, Chicago police questioned a 20-year-old Mexican laborer named Danny Escobedo until he admitted complicity in his brother-in-law's slaying. The police never advised Danny of his right to remain silent; he was not allowed to consult his lawyer. Because the lawyer had previously told him not to talk, however, Danny's confession was ruled voluntary. He was sentenced to 20 years for first-degree murder. The state's highest court also saw the confession as voluntary, and refused to toss it out merely because...
...Providence intersection. A policeman asked Gonsalves if he had stopped before proceeding with caution past a flashing red traffic light. When Gonsalves said no, the cop issued an on-the-spot summons. Because the cop failed to warn Gonsalves that he did not have to answer and could consult a lawyer, Police Court Judge Peter K. Rosedale sprung him. Escobedo, said the judge, reaches "even overtime parking. I feel such misdemeanors are, in a technical sense, crimes. The same constitutional rights apply to the most minor misdemeanor as to the most serious felony." > The California Supreme Court has just refused...
When he refused to hand out TVA patronage jobs to politicians or consult them on policy, he made an enemy of Tennessee's terrible-tempered Senator Kenneth McKellar. Haling Lilienthal before Congress as often as possible, McKellar drubbed him unmercifully. Lilienthal usually managed to keep his temper, though once he bearded McKellar after a hearing: "Senator, you are an old man and probably haven't much time to live. You are doing a fellow human being an injustice in your position toward me. You don't want to carry that on your soul when it comes your...