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...Constitution's "full faith and credit" clause (Article IV, Section 1) requires all states to honor the court decisions of other states unless the "foreign" courts are shown to lack jurisdiction. In legalese, an Alabama quickie is open to attack if the plaintiff was not a bona fide resident, or if the defendant's signature was obtained by threat or forgery. In one recent New York case, a wife sued her second husband for separation. He counter-claimed for annulment, saying that she had married him on the strength of a shaky Alabama quickie. He won, leaving...
...provides that the country superintendent of education shall issue a license only if a school "is in fact for bona fide educational purposes," if it "does not intend to counsel and encourage disobedience to the laws of the State of Mississippi," and if the "conduct" of the school "is in the public interest...
...Public Accommodations: The most hotly disputed portion of the Act, this Title would open to the Negro many businesses catering to the public. Specifically included are restaurants, theaters, motels and hotels. Excluded are rooming houses which the owner occupies and which contain less than five rentable rooms; "bona fide private clubs" also go untouched. The Act designates two criteria for determining which establishments are involved. First, the Title invokes the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution to cover any business which either serves interstate travelers or sells a "subtantial" amount of produce which has previously crossed state lines...
Title VII--Employment: This Title prohibits discrimination on account of race, religion, or sex by employers or labor unions with over twenty-five employees or members. "Bona fide private clubs" and tax-exempt religious organizations are excluded. The Act also establishes an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, which would investigate hiring and promotion practices throughout the country, serve as a mediator in informal negotiations between Negro groups and employers, and have the right to file suit against anyone infringing this Title. It would be up to the court to enjoin the employer or union and to decide whether back pay ought...
...shall employ all means to right this gross mistake or injustice to a bona-fide U.S. citizen and ex-serviceman." Connally turned over the correspondence to his successor, Fred Korth, and Oswald's demands went no farther...