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...states-Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia-had demanded that the court declare unconstitutional the law's "triggering device," which prohibits literacy tests in blatantly discriminatory Southern states and authorizes entry of federal registrars to sign up new voters. In refusing to do so, Chief Justice Earl Warren ruled that these "stringent remedies" were "a valid means for carrying out the commands of the 15th Amendment," which empowers Congress to take "appropriate" measures to bar voting discrimination. "Hopefully," said Warren's briskly worded, 31-page opinion, "millions of nonwhite Americans will now be able to participate...
...Civil Liberties Union argued that Trial Judge Edward Blythin should have removed the trial to a "remote county" of Ohio. In view of the "massive publicity," Berkman went on to say, the defendant had a right to choose his own place of trial. In that circumstance, said Chief Justice Earl Warren, "where we have so many news media-television, radio, newspapers-no trial would be had in a big city if the defendant wanted to go some place else...
...fantasy-she liked to run across the fields in the evening, trying to catch the setting sun. At 19, she had produced several albums of verse and a "handsome bosom" that disputed for attention with dark smoldering eyes. At 24, she married Edward Wortley, coldly handsome grandson of the Earl of Sandwich, who seemed more interested in money than in Mary. Even so, she wrote him hearty letters of political encouragement: "The Ministry is like a play at Court; there's a little door to get in, and a great Croud without, shoveing and thrusting who shall be foremost...
Sterne pulled a mild upset in the first round, defeating eight-seeded Randy Loftin of Army, 10-15, 15-9, 15-7, 17-14. He also downed Princeton's Tom Gilbert, 3-1. Today Sterne must face Bob Earl of Navy, and the winner will challenge top-seeded Maurice Heckscher of Penn...
...portraitist to support his family and get himself established. But soon he had an opportunity to embark on a career as a painter of historical scenes when he was commissioned to paint well known Watson an the Shark. That work was followed by the Death of the Earl of Chatham in 1779 which enjoyed great critical plaudits. By 1780 Copley was at the height of his powers, as we can see in the oil sketch Mrs. Startin (see page...