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...jury system into a powerful political weapon in the government's battle with the American left. Ever since early 1969--when Attorney General Mitchell used an Illinois grand jury to reopen an investigation of the Chicago "conspiracy", a case which Mitchell's predecessor had judged to be empty and invalid--similar juries across the country, in St. Louis, Seattle, Tucson and, most recently, in Harrisburg, have conducted sweeping investigations into the activities of radical groups and produced the now-familiar "conspiracy" indictments in turn...
...jury system into a powerful political weapon in the government's battle with the American left. Ever since early 1969--when Attorney General Mitchell used an Illinois grand jury to reopen an investigation of the Chicago "conspiracy", a case which Mitchell's predecessor had judged to be empty and invalid--similar juries across the country, in St. Louis, Seattle, Tucson and, most recently, in Harrisburg, have conducted sweeping investigations into the activities of radical groups and produced the now-familiar "conspiracy" indictments in turn...
...Assemblymen (out of 191). The hitch-for Ky -was that in the 44 provinces, only the province chiefs could certify the signatures, and they all owe their jobs to Thieu. Ky submitted 102 endorsements, but only 62 were certified; the court ruled the rest invalid because the endorsers had already signed for Thieu. The President had amassed the astonishing total of 448 endorsements from councilmen and 104 from Assemblymen; Minh barely made it with 44 Assembly endorsements...
Stopgap Measures. He had not reckoned with the State Supreme Court, six of whose seven judges are Republicans with a well-deserved reputation for judicial conservatism. In a 5-2 decision last month, the court ruled the income tax invalid. Because the tax was graduated, the majority held, it violated a provision in the state constitution requiring that "all taxes shall be uniform on the same class of subjects...
Tripling the Take. The mercurial Mintoff was just getting started. He sacked the British police chief. He pronounced invalid the ten-year agreement allowing Britain to keep military forces on the island. He asked Washington to suspend further Sixth Fleet visits "pending revision of general agreements." For good measure, Mintoff also declared NATO's Mediterranean commander, Italian Admiral Gino Birindelli, persona non grata. Birindelli, an outspoken right-winger who kept his NATO headquarters on Malta, had accused Mintoff of planning to let the Russians use the island as a naval base...