Word: laws
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...yippies' lawyers loudly protested testimony that might prejudice grand-jury proceedings against their clients in Chicago and repeatedly demanded the right to challenge or cross-examine witnesses. Ichord turned them down every time on grounds that "this is a legislative proceeding. This is not a court of law." Between gavel whacks, Ichord warned: "If you're going to burst out with any more emotional outbursts, please leave the room." Hoffman asked to be excused because he felt on the brink of an emotional outburst, then shouted an obscenity as the door closed behind...
When he was telephoned by a U.S. newsman in Moscow, Evtushenko angrily denied having "sent them the letter." Presumably Evtushenko was referring to the editors of the Sunday Times, not the rulers of Russia. It was a crucial distinction. Under Russian law, he is free to write such criticism privately to officials. But sending such a letter or telegram outside the Soviet Union could constitute distributing "anti-Soviet propaganda," and make him liable to imprisonment for seven years...
...split with the government on a key issue since Wilson assumed the Labor leadership in 1963. The vote was thus a stinging rebuke to Wilson personally, but it will have no immediate effect on the Labor government's economic policies, because wage and price restraints are now the law. The vote will make more difficult the renewal of the measures when they expire late next year, but Wilson is committed to his policies. Some of their first optimistic returns came in last week, when the Bank of England announced a handsome $504 million increase in gold and foreign-currency...
Birthday of an Amendment. Despite the uncertainty of the future, Justices Warren, Fortas and William Brennan took time last week to celebrate the past. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of the 14th Amendment, and at a centennial commemoration sponsored by N.Y.U. Law School, all three defended the use of the amendment's "due process clause" to strike down state laws that discriminate against Negroes or deny federally guaranteed rights. Brennan called the 14th "the prime tool by which we as citizens are striving to shape a society which truly champions the dignity and worth of the individual." Perhaps...
...year after he turned his draft card in to the Justice Department. At least 18 other suits that question the Selective Service System's power to use the draft as punishment for antiwar activities are currently pending in federal courts. Also under attack this year are capital-punishment laws, a federal.law requiring marijuana dealers to register with the Government and an Arkansas "monkey" law that forbids the teaching of evolution in the schools of that state...