Word: legalization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Legal Point. In adopting (in 1913) the 17th Amendment to the Constitution (popular election of senators), it was provided that Governors shall have the power to fill Senate vacancies by appointment, provided their legislatures give them that power. All but two legislatures have specifically done so. One of the two is the legislature of Kansas, the other of North Dakota. The North Dakota legislature has however passed a law empowering the Governor to fill vacancies in state offices...
...Argument. The sole question at issue was the legal one: "Is a U.S. Senator a state officer?" The Committee on Elections, headed by Senator Goff of West Virginia, decided "No." A minority report was made by a Democrat, Senator Stephens of Mississippi, saying "Yes." A Senator is paid by the Federal government but chosen by the state. Whose officer is he? Some Senators declared it would be unfair to deprive a state of its full representation because of a legal technicality...
Motives. Most of the regular Republicans voted not to seat Mr. Nye. A small group of Democrats, a group which it was estimated are inclined to adhere closely to their legal opinions, did likewise. The bulk of the Democrats, the Insurgent Republicans and Progressives voted to seat Mr. Nye. There was much said about the real motives as distinct from the arguments openly advanced. It was said: 1) that the regular Republicans did not want another insurgent to disturb the narrow Republican margin of control; 2) that most of the Democrats wanted Mr. Nye for that very reason; 3) that...
With this sulphurous byplay safely over, everyone barkened while Conservatives read hour-long extracts from volumes of constitutional law to prove that the King government was flatly violating every legal precedent in clinging to power. Needless to say, Liberals read out precedents for Mr. King's acts from other volumes. At length a furious discussion arose as to how many minutes, hours or days William Pitt remained away from the British House of Commons...
...reopen the war guilt discussion as the "New York Times" reports, the Assembly of the League of Nations will listen to much strong talk. France may take the dignified position that the question was settled long ago and can not be brought up again. In that event, the German legal barrage would break down before the first and strongest line of defense...