Word: electives
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Southern state where George Wallace did so well in the 1964 presidential primary vote (forty-two per cent). Baltimore is still very much a machine stronghold. New Democratic Coalition national forces hope to organize a liberal-reform group in a coalition with an emerging black leadership before the 1970 election to help re-elect Tydings and give some clout to lightweight liberals...
...Knoxville, and Oak Ridge. They developed strong ties with black moderates and militants; the Negro power structure, while sympathetic, is still aligned with the old guard machine led at this time by Gov. Buford Ellington. With constant work liberals can have a serious influence on the party stance and elect progressive local and legislative officers...
Virtually every liberal Democratic organization not already for Humphrey may ask some price for its support. The Americans for Democratic Action will meet this week to decide whether to endorse Hubert, and John Kenneth Galbraith boasts: "Only our people can elect him." But, he insists, "we aren't going to endorse the war. We aren't going to endorse the old foreign-policy priesthood that got us into this mess, and we aren't going to endorse the right of the Chicago police to beat up the youngsters who work for us. So everything depends on whether...
...when they write that the constitutional draftsmen of 1787 did not trust the people to choose a President directly. In part, the Electoral College plan did emerge as a compromise between the patrician view of government and the belief, shared by James Madison and Gouverneur Morris, that Americans should elect their President directly. Also important, however, was a seamier accommodation with slavery. The Southern states had already forced a provision into the Constitution that permitted three-fifths of their slaves to be tallied in determining their seats in the House of Representatives-even though the slaves could not vote. Direct...
...charter's provision for an independent supreme court has been implemented by the National Assembly. The Supreme Court will consolidate the two highest tribunals, which handle criminal and civil cases (Court of Cassation) and administrative cases (Council of State). A joint session of the National Assembly will elect the court's 15 judges to six-year terms. Their extensive powers will include the right to interpret the constitution, decide on the dissolution of political parties opposed to the republican form of government, and review all laws, decrees and administrative decisions. Most important, the Supreme Court will appoint...