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Great Wave. When he ad-libbed that he had helped to enact three civil rights bills, his listeners gave him another handsome round, and did so again when he called on his fellow leaders to "now act in obedience" to their oaths to uphold the Constitution. By now the applause came after almost every sentence, as Johnson laid out his purpose: "I will send to Congress a law designed to eliminate illegal barriers to the right to vote," which "will provide for citizens to be registered by officials of the United States Government" when it proves necessary...
...court voided a West Virginia law compelling school children to salute the flag even though the ritual was contrary to their religious beliefs. In a memorable dissent, arguing that the Constitution permitted West Virginia to enact "a general nondiscriminatory civil regulation," Frankfurter summed up his entire judicial philosophy: "One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution. Were my purely personal attitude relevant, I should wholeheartedly associate myself with the general libertarian views in the court's opinion, representing as they...
...something about it, Johnson said that he already had ordered Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman to establish a Rural Community Development Service within the Department of Agriculture to assist other federal agencies in extending their various services to rural areas. As for Congress, Johnson recommended that it enact legislation to equalize the availability of home-mortgage credit in urban and rural areas. He also asked Congress to raise the limits on the Department of Agriculture's loan-insurance program, which insures farm-ownership loans as well as rural-community improvement loans. "We have the opportunity now to provide the means...
...Congress leaves the President in a felicitous position. Lyndon Johnson, unlike John F. Kennedy, will not often have to expend his political capital in leading liberal assaults in Congress. The President can have the advantages of appealing to a national consensus and the assurances that the Congress will enact his liberal program...
...Appel stated the A.M.A.'s position succinctly: "There is no reason for a tax-supported program. We have a much better program in Kerr-Mills. If the states would enact good Kerr-Mills laws the medical needs of the elderly would be met better and at less expense than through medicare. But if it passes, the A.M.A. will obey the Constitution and the laws...