Word: districts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SINCE the inception of our LAW section in 1963, the consultant to the staff has been Professor Marvin E. Frankel of Columbia University Law School. Now, with mingled regret and pride, we are losing him. Last week President Johnson named Frankel to a federal judgeship in the Southern District of New York...
...defiance of good sense and simple justice, Congress for 91 years has served as self-appointed city council for the District of Columbia. Washington's 800,000 residents thus have no more control over their affairs than the people of a colonial territory. Every President since Harry Truman has sought home rule for the capital; so have both parties' platforms since 1948. Though the Senate has now passed the necessary legislation five times, almost every home-rule bill has died in the House District Committee, traditionally controlled by Southerners. Since Washington is the only major U.S. city with...
...week home-rule advocates got the necessary 218th signature from Illinois Democrat George Shipley, who came back to Washington just to sign the petition. No action on the bill can take place until Sept. 27. Meanwhile, opponents of the measure threaten some artful dodges of their own. But the District of Columbia is closer to running its own affairs than at any time since it lost its independence by an Act of Congress during the Reconstruction...
...Shelved until next year bills that would have increased unemployment compensation and the national minimum wage and imposed uniform criteria for drawing congressional district lines...
...Colliflower chose jail-and thereby aroused the sympathy of the Rev. Francis Conklin, a Jesuit law professor at Spokane's Gonzaga University. Claiming a patent denial of due process, Father Conklin petitioned Montana's U.S. District Judge William J. Jameson to spring Mrs. Colliflower on a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Jameson dismissed the case on the ground that he was "without jurisdiction...