Word: meanness
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...Justices found to be 'unreasonable,' 'arbitrary,' 'capricious,' or 'contrary to a fundamental sense of civilized justice.' What, for example, do the phrases 'shock the conscience' or 'offend the community's sense of fair play and decency' mean? I submit that these expressions impose no limitations or restrictions whatever on judges, but leave them completely free to decide constitutional questions on the basis of their own policy judgments...
Accurate reading of the Constitution does not permit such indulgences. Black has refused to stand against electronic eavesdropping because he concludes that since the framers of the Constitution said nothing about privacy, they did not mean to protect it. "Even though I like my privacy as well as the next person, I am nevertheless compelled to admit that the states have a right to invade it unless prohibited by some specific constitutional provision...
...case concerned a 16-year-old boy accused of violating the marijuana laws. Under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act, he could be tried as an adult before a jury. But that would mean facing full adult penalties, which for him would be a sentence of from five to 20 years upon conviction. On the other hand, he could choose to have his case heard as a juvenile; then he could not be held past the age of 21 and would have no record of a conviction. By choosing to be treated as a juvenile, however, he would automatically waive...
James D. Watson, professor of Biology and co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, said recently that his position as director of a Long Island research center will not mean the end of his association with Harvard...
There is a certain urgency to the situation. RUS has a broad mandate to stay firm on its essential demands. Any compromise on these would be a betrayal. But that does not rule out considerable dialogue on what the demands mean and how best to achieve them. The essential ingredient is a willingness on the part of administration and Trustees to give and take on the two really important issues as well as the problem of student seating on administration committees. On the seating question, progress is being made, since several college and Trustee committees are actively seeking student members...