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...through the glass doors, but the Vision of my Section Man's distressed Face led me on out of the depths to attempt that serious and arduous journey by which I might reach the Classroom and Truth. With downcast eyes and a penitent heart at trespassing the forbidden confines of Lamont, only the reassuring presence of my Classmate beside me drew...
...1890s to the 1930s, the Court was so concerned with the welfare of American business that it used the 14th Amendment mainly to protect corporations as "persons," striking down all sorts of state laws regulating business on the grounds that they violated "liberty of contract." New York was forbidden to set a ten-hour day for bakers; out went minimum-wage laws for women...
Black tirelessly translated 18th century admonitions into 20th century contexts. Faced with a law stripping an ex-Communist alien of social security benefits, Black called it a new version of the old bill of attainder, forbidden in Article 1. Black insisted that the framers did all necessary balancing when they wrote the Constitution. When the First Amendment says "Congress shall make no law," he argued, "no law means...
...presidential trip is considered on duty at all times. Such agents are forbidden to drink beer, wine or liquor. But the Commission says: "After the President had retired to his hotel, nine agents who were off duty went to the nearby Fort Worth Press Club at midnight or slightly thereafter, expecting to obtain food; they had had little opportunity to eat during the day. No food was available at the Press Club. All of the agents stayed for a drink of beer, or in several cases, a mixed drink. According to their affidavits, the drinking in no case amounted...
...Algiers' polling places were almost empty on election-day afternoon, though the official radio said they were kept open late "because of the heavy crowds." In Kabylia, infested with anti-government guerrillas, 43% of the voters boycotted the election, even at the risk of reprisals. Foreign newsmen were forbidden entrance to Michelet, hometown of Hocine Aï't Ahmed, a rabid Ben Bella opponent...