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...courts. There will be a number of individuals named along with the state in bringing suit, and presumably these individuals will have immunity from serving in Vietnam as long as the case is being heard. The day after Sargent signed the bill into law, one soldier, Pyt. John Griffin from Holyoke, filed suit to obtain release from orders sending him to Fort Dix, preparatory to going to Vietnam. Lower-level courts refused to hear his case, but he will probably not appeal to the Supreme Court under the new law. As Griffin's lawyer explained, rather than bring such...

Author: By Jerry T. Nepom, | Title: The Shea Bill Testing the War | 4/11/1970 | See Source »

...union's general counsel, Edward Carey, scoffed at the charges as "minuscule." Actually, they constitute a serious and unusual action against a union by the Government. Since passage of the Landrum-Griffin Act in 1959, only three new elections have been ordered in international unions for violations as defined by that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: Vindication for Jock Yablonski | 3/16/1970 | See Source »

Deans of several law schools in Pennsylvania and Michigan are expected to meet with Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-Penn.) and Minority Whip Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich.) to try to change their minds. Scott and Griflin both voted with the majority on the committee yesterday...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: Law Professors Move to Prevent Appointment of Carswell to Court | 2/18/1970 | See Source »

George Hirsch interrupted. "Most of them weren't practicing professionals. Now you get a lot of people who eventually want to be on the Mery Griffin show. And to them, it's just another gig. But the thing about talking about Hair as a gig- as a job- is that it's like Jon said, it may be a little bit blah, but amateurish as it is in a way, it's the only game going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: America's First Great Tribal Rock Musical | 2/14/1970 | See Source »

...conduct "no-knock" raids on suspected drug caches. As originally drafted, the section would have permitted authorities to break into a home without warning or identification if they believed that a more polite entry might allow suspects to destroy evidence. Facing opposition to the entire section, Senator Robert Griffin won its inclusion by altering its language but not its impact. The new wording requires that agents applying to a court for "no-knock" authorization must convince a judge that the drugs will definitely be destroyed. Still, the provision raises civil-liberties questions about a citizen's right to protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: The No-Knock Drug Bill | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

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