Word: interpretted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only noble thing to do for the poor neglected black Americans. Does our Constitution state that all neighborhoods and schools must have a mixture of every race and nationality in them? There are some people who prefer to live with their own nationality or race. Because some interpret this as an evil racist attitude, the right of people to live with whom they please is denied. Is it the courts' duty to arrange us all in a very colorful pattern...
...Constitution is full of grand ambiguities. How can you have strict construction of a grand ambiguity? The real issue is: What is responsible justice?" Last week in his television speech, Nixon suggested his own definition: "It is my belief that it is the duty of a judge to interpret the Constitution and not to place himself above the Constitution . . . He should not twist or bend the Constitution in order to perpetuate his personal, political and social views...
...profusion of them, to task for their inexactness, their apologies, their kitchen table psychology, and mainly for reading into her life what they wanted from her, and not what was there. Biography stands firm when it simply chronicles a person's life. But, the urge for non-professionals to interpret behavior is irresistible...
...pleased with the prospect that Mrs. Lillie, a California state appeals court judge since 1958, may become the first woman Supreme Court Justice. A warm personality, she is not known as a judicial thinker, and even her admirers admit that she seems to go out of her way to interpret the law against criminal defendants. Says U.C.L.A. Law Professor Melville Nimmer: "She has no analytical ability, no depth in framing and perceiving legal issues. Her reputation among law professors and attorneys ranges from mundane and average to something below that...
...great significance.'' In March, when Hodgson termed a slight decrease in unemployment "heartening," Goldstein called it "a mixed picture." Apprised of Hodgson's view, Goldstein replied: "I am not here to support or not support the Secretary's statement. I am here to help you interpret the figures." Soon after, Hodgson, with White House concurrence, canceled Goldstein's monthly press briefings, at which he made most of his unvarnished assessments...