Word: laws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ordinances in the South, would the cause of justice have been served? And what if no one had challenged King George's laws and magistrates in the 1770s? When a society's leadership lets too many oppressive or unworkable laws accumulate, or takes them too literally, it lessens genuine respect for laws that are just and necessary. But to break laws in order ultimately to change the Law is a near-desperate step permissible only when every possible hope of peaceful change has been exhausted; very few Americans would argue that, for all the country's ills...
...decisions in a democratic society must be made by the majority, and any violent challenge to its will must be dealt with firmly. The tyranny of a minority is far more obnoxious than the tyranny of a majority. And at present, the majority clearly feels that law and order must somehow be reasserted. But it would be tragic if in the process the nation were to allow its legitimate fears to be exploited, its understandable concern to be exaggerated. The balancing of law and order against freedom is at the very heart of civilization's work. That work must...
...Suspicious of interlopers, the clubs keep track of autos passing through the streets. They also follow up on arrests and prosecution of offenders. Joe Lenoci, 35, a factory production controller who heads one block club, says that he is not a racist or a fanatic. He just wants "the law changed so that police are not so handicapped." Lenoci is uncertain what new powers he would give the police, and he cannot name the Supreme Court decisions he objects...
State and local politics reflect the impact no less than national politics. New Hampshire is tranquil, but talk about law and order is rampant. Democratic Governor John King, now running for the Senate, discerns a fine grey line between treason and dissent: "We have reached the point where we had better draw that line and say, 'You shall not pass.' " John Sears, Republican sheriff of Suffolk County (Boston) has been appointing Negro deputies, attempting to work with ghetto groups, and telling his men that they need not carry weapons at all times. His innovations have loosed a cascade...
...laymen can separate things so neatly in their own minds. The elements of turmoil blend into an ill-defined whole. But the three main tributaries that converge to make the law-and-order issue so powerful are: 1) the revolt of youth, whether against the war, the draft or the social system as a whole; 2) Negro militance and ghetto rioting; and 3) the individual's intense personal fear of criminal attack...