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The new Draft Law has attempted to narrow the definition of conscientious objection by striking a key pharse--the "Supreme Being"--from the statute.
Bigger Toilet. In so new and competitive a market, the downturn is enough to try even the most persistent salesman. Rockwell-Standard Corp. President Willard F. ("Al") Rockwell Jr., whose well-diversified company (other lines: automotive parts and construction equipment) turns out the $600,000 Jet Commander, complains that too...
From the court's four dissenters-Chief Justice Earl Warren, Associate Justices William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas and William J. Brennan-came a blistering objection written by Brennan: "We cannot permit fears of 'riots' and 'civil disobedience' generated by slogans like black power to divert...
The bill also narrows the basis for conscientious objection, Kennedy claimed. An aide said its provisions make orthodox religious belief a prerequisite of CO classification.
These students, who are far more numerous than outright draft resistors, believe that the current course of U.S. action promises nothing but a possibly interminable war and the chance of a military conflict with the Chinese Communists. But they are unsure whether violating federal law is a suitable form of...