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...serious bachelor who hates pomp and loves sport (golf, billiards, swimming, skiing, motorcycling), the King said in good English that he came from "a country old enough to have been spoken of proudly by Julius Caesar,"* called America the "land of youth," drew according nods from Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, 76, and Rhode Island...
Historically, wrote Justice Felix Frankfurter for the majority (Justices Tom Clark, John Marshall Harlan, Charles Evans Whittaker, Potter Stewart), the constitutional protections of privacy were designed to prevent officials from seizing evidence to be used against the householder in a criminal case without due process of law. "Giving the fullest scope to this constitutional right to privacy, its protection cannot be here invoked . . . No evidence for criminal prosecution is sought to be seized . . . Here was no midnight knock on the door but an orderly visit in the middle of the afternoon . . . Time and experience have forcefully taught that the power...
...Justice Felix Frankfurter, author the majority opinion, defended his position, stating that the basic concept of American Federalism--the coexistence of state and Federal power--would be violated by banning successive prosecutions...
...that violates both federal and state statutes can be penalized in both court systems without being considered double jeopardy within either system. Wrote Justice Felix Frankfurter, 76, as he picked the majority's way through court precedent in the Bartkus case: "It would be in derogation of our federal system to displace the reserved power of states over state offenses by reason of prosecution of minor federal offenses by federal authorities beyond the control of the states...
...Schoendienst's TB spells doom for Milwaukee. Manager Fred Haney has no one to fill his place, especially now that Mel Roach has reinjured his knee. The middle of the infield now consists of rookie Chuck Cottier and either John Logan or Felix Mantilla (the only player in the majors to bat lower than Willy Miranda...