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...telegrams, the arrival or departure of a pezzo grosso (big shot). Finally the white-haired old gentleman in the villa gave in -as he probably intended to do all along. And so, five days after his resignation as president of Italy's Constitutional Court (TIME, Oct. 1), shrewd Enrico de Nicola, 78, went back...
...tradition, President Andrew Jackson declared his displeasure at the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Worcester v. Georgia in 1832.* Last week, in the face of similar intransigence on the part of Demo-Christian Premier Antonio Segni and his government, peppery, 78-year-old Enrico de Nicola, president of Italy's fledgling Constitutional Court, struck back with an effectiveness that would have won a smile of approval from stern old John Marshall...
Abrupt Departure. Outraged by the government's brazen persistence in illegality, mustachioed Enrico de Nicola, onetime (1946-48) Provisional President of Italy, made his countermove last week: he abruptly resigned as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. "The government," he declared angrily, "has shown scant appreciation of the court's work." Then, refusing to talk to anyone, De Nicola withdrew to his oleander-shrouded villa overlooking the Bay of Naples...
This was serious. Revered Enrico de Nicola, a Senator for life, was the principal guarantor of the new court's integrity. Also, his resignation was bound to give rise to the cry that the Segni government was fostering "fascism." In dismay, Premier Segni hastily called his cabinet into session to throw together draft legislation revamping the public security code. Simultaneously, government emissaries, including Premier Segni himself, hurried down to Naples to try and persuade De Nicola to withdraw his resignation...
...week's end, cagey Enrico de Nicola was still keeping his own counsel. Most Italians were betting, though, that: 1) he would soon be back on the job; 2) future Constitutional Court decisions would get prompt compliance from the government...