Word: democratization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week, Democrats from Lyndon Johnson on down were frantically searching for an alternative to the obvious: that Congress should exercise its constitutional right to be the judge of its own members by at least censuring Powell, if not kicking him out. California Democrat Lionel Van Deerlin, for one, was determined to request the House to ask Powell to "stand aside" pending an investigation. Even Powell's wife seemed to think further investigation was in order. In a San Juan interview, Yvette insisted that she "would like to help" her husband. "But I realize he is a public servant...
Carlos Lacerda is a Brazilian liberal democrat, a leading contender for the presidency of his country., and an articulate critic of military authoritarianism...
...Negro Democrat cannot assume his seat until a special committee passes on his qualifications for office and the House approves them...
This leaves Powell's colleagues with only one method of disciplining the Harlem Democrat: depriving him of his chairmanship of the House Education and Labor Committee. But this alternative also has serious disadvantages. In effect, it would punish Powell for his abuse of his powers as chairman of a committee, not for his defiance of the courts which is clearly his most serious offense. What is more, Powell's practices as a committee chairman have been no different in principle from those of many of the other major committee heads in the House. Singling out Powell for punishment would, therefore...
...meantime, Congress will have to let Powell have his cake and eat it too. As Supreme Court Justice Mathew Levy commented while citing the Harlem Democrat for criminal contempt of court, "It is not an easy task to punish a minister, a Congressman, a leader of men and a man of many natural gifts." As Congress must concede, without an ethics bill it is impossible to punish...