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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...courtroom scenes are enough to make a law student turn green with nausea. At one point Mrs. Bonner, in an attempt to prove that women are equal to men in every respect, brings in a circus woman who does back flips and lifts Mr. Bonner...
...difficult for even the best comedians to wrestle with such tired stuff as this. The authors--Garson Kanin, who wrote "Rat Race" and "Born Yesterday," and his wife Ruth Gordon--lacked their usual light touch on this one...
...certain standards by which the Attorney General could determine who was disloyal by membership is, or sympathetic association, with certain organizations which he, the Attorney General would determine are subversive. Thus, the power to decide who was eligible for government employment was placed in the hands of one man, unfettered by any unconstitutional guarantees of due process of law. Justice Jackson condemned this type of proceeding when, speaking for the Supreme Court is West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 US 624, 642 (1943) he said: "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation...
...demanded the firing of teachers who attended meetings sponsored by alleged communist front organizations. In regard to the doctrine which is now being used by the President's Loyalty Board, Justice Murphy, in bridges v. Wixon, 326 US 135, 163 (1945) said: "The doctrine of personal guilt is one of the fundamental principles of our jurisprudence. It partakes of the very essence of the concept of freedom and due process to law." The standard so well advocated by Justice Murphy is completely obliterated by the use of the guilt by association doctrine...
...best athletic program for Harvard would be one which would get as many people as possible into the courts, pools, and fields. This would be best accomplished by a broader scheme of intramural competition, incidentally strengthening the House system, and a more equitable emphasis on the "minor" sports. The inevitable rejoinder to this supposedly visionary project is the point that commercialized football pays for all Harvard athletics. But if the College recognizes that athletics are an inherent part of the educational program, as necessary of professors and laboratories, can it shun its obligation to defray the expenses of a complete...