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Double Violation. Louisiana Attorney General Jack P. F. Gremillion defended his state's right to disfranchise mothers of illegitimate children-"bastardizing females," as he put it-along with convicted felons. Georgia's Deputy Assistant Attorney General E. Freeman Leverett admitted that he was "ashamed" of the South's history of voter discrimination, adding: "But Congress cannot, in order to appease a mob in the streets, invoke unconstitutional means to achieve a constitutional end." Meanwhile, Defendant Katzenbach, who had been accompanied to court by Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall and Assistant Attorney General John Doar, sat quietly awaiting...
...Bobby Kennedy's call, Louisiana Attorney General Jack P. F. Gremillion flew to Washington last week to talk things over face to face. Meantime. Bobby was on the phone to other state and legislative leaders in Louisiana. Working through Louisiana politicians he knows from the presidential campaign, he got an informal agreement that the Davis administration would back off its resistance, beginning with a bill to restore the New Orleans teachers...
Before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last week, white taxpayers and N.A.A.C.P. lawyers challenged Davis' move. Appearing for the defense. Louisiana's Attorney General Jack P. F. Gremillion lost his temper. "I am not going to stay in this den of iniquity,'' cried he, stalking from the room. The three-judge court promptly cited him for contempt, declared Davis' seizure unconstitutional-and returned New Orleans' schools to the school board. Of the board's five members, four favor opening the schools next week on an integrated basis...
...appointment of two of his oldtime cronies to the jobs. The fifth letter came from Bankston's newly appointed successor, addressed to Belcher's newly appointed successor. The gist: Earl K. Long is sane; he should be released from the mental hospital. Attorney General Jack Gremillion stood up: "Your Honor, there is no one now with authority to hold Earl K. Long at the hospital. The state joins in a motion to discontinue." Judge Jones leaned forward. "Since there is no opposition, the motion [to free the Governor] is granted and the suit is dismissed." The hearing...