Word: dismissiveness
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Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford yesterday set the trial date and at the same time denied defense motions to dismiss the indictments against the five...
EVEN with the legality of the war set aside, the Spock case seems certain to raise fundamental questions of free speech and the limits of dissent. Last week's hearings, in theory, dealt only with several defense motions to dismiss the indictment as too vague, or to force the government to reveal more facts about its charges of conspiracy. In arguing the motions, however, the five's lawyers rehearsed a powerful defense based on the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech...
Leaders of the Draft Union dismiss these hopes as foolish. They cite the recent callup of 60,000 reservists, the continued bombing 225 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone, and the President's refusal to accept Hanoi's proposed sites for peace talks. But whether or not the chance for peace is real, it has drawn people away from the Draft Union. Recent meetings have been badly attended, and most of those coming are the familiar SDS faces...
...before considering the defense's motions to dismiss, Judge Francis J. W. Ford, 82, ruled that the legality of the Vietnam war is not an issue in the case...
...preliminary hearings resume at 10 a.m. today. Ford will announce his rulings on the defense motion shortly after the hearings are completed. He is expected to set a trial date at that time if the motion to dismiss the indictment is denied