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...Masters' agreement was criticized last night by Sanford V. Levinson, tutor in Dunster House and a backer of the Dunster House 2-S statement, who called it an "end run" around the basic issues...
This time, some undergraduates have been appointed to meet with Cavanaugh because they are specially qualified in urban affairs, Sanford V. Levinson, tutor in government, said yesterday...
...could the further public commitment of Mr. McNamara to what we regard as an untenable policy aid the bringing of peace to Vietnam. It may thus well be that the failure of the debate to come off has saved the left from a victory of Pyrrhic dimensions. SANFORD V. LEVINSON...
...Levinson implies, Frankfurter is not subject to either of these criticisms of Holmes. Frankfurter's social concern and activity was one of his most salient qualities. And he did not share Justice Holmes's skepticism. Indeed, he had a passionate, "almost childlike," belief in democracy. But, while this belief may be consistent with a belief in judicial restraint, it is not consistent with the realities of life. What Professor How calls Frankfurter's "innocent misjudgment" that "his intensities were matched in most other human beings" might be seen by a less sympathetic critic as blatant unrealism--more appropriate to someone...
...Levinson's main criticism, however, and his justification for an activist court, is that Frankfurter didn't realize how much a part of the political process the Court is. He shows that the Court, in fact, legitimizes laws that it upholds. The effects of its rulings are the same as if it were passing on the wisdom of laws, even though it would like to pass only on their constitutionality. Conversely, the Court is subject to political checks. To talk of its imposing its will against the will of a determined public is to neglect the powers of amendment, limitation...