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...says he's interested in the honor of the United States, but he has despoiled that honor." New York Democratic Congressman Jonathan Bingham told the rally that the mining was "the act of an emperor, a dictator." More than 20 Democratic Congressmen filed suit in federal court to enjoin the President from continuing the war, claiming that he is "in violation of the separation of powers doctrine as set forth in the Constitution." Democratic Presidential Hopeful George McGovern said Nixon's decision was "reckless, unnecessary and unworkable, and is a flirtation with World War III." Hubert Humphrey protested...
Even at this stage, the government has tried to bread the movement. This time the FBI has stepped into the picture by going around to the homes of those known to associate with Braden and Collins. Mrs. Collins has files a suit in federal court to enjoin this type of harassment...
With McGraw-Hill and LIFE at least temporarily suspending their plans to publish, the New York State Supreme Court took no further action on a motion by Hughes' lawyers to enjoin publication. Before the matter became moot, however, Irving filed with the court a minutely detailed affidavit describing the numerous meetings during which Hughes supposedly recited his extraordinarily confessional autobiography. If Irving is lying, he has obviously left himself open to comprehensive perjury charges, for his account is remarkably explicit. He and Hughes first met by prearrangement, says Irving, in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Feb. 13. By Irving...
Legal maneuvers to stop the test continued. In one suit, 33 Congressmen sought to force public disclosure of the reports given to the President by environmental and other Government agencies. A Washington-based group called the Committee for Nuclear Responsibility has asked a court to enjoin the tests on the grounds that the AEC had not filed an adequate environmental-impact statement as required by law, and that the blast would damage the environment...
...been allowed to see their clients since the recent uprising, but the attorneys have not always been summoned when state authorities interrogate the prisoners. Charging a violation of the right to counsel and that many of the prisoners were being beaten or threatened, the attorneys asked the court to enjoin questioning of the convicts temporarily while lower courts consider their claims. The court refused to hear the case. Justice William O. Douglas dissented, arguing that the claims should be considered because prisoners are entitled to the protection of the Constitution and because "this is a case in which the public...