Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ruled that their military convictions and life sentences for murder were valid, with Justices Tom Clark, Harold Burton, Stanley Reed. Sherman Minton and John Marshall Harlan in the majority, and Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justices Hugo Black and William Douglas in the minority. (Justice Felix Frankfurter reserved his opinion, noting blandly that "wisdom, like good wine, requires maturing...
...reject the idea that when the U.S. acts against citizens abroad it can do so free of the Bill of Rights ..." wrote Justice Black in the majority opinion. "When the Government reaches out to punish a citizen who is abroad, the shield which the Bill of Rights and other parts of the Constitution provide to protect his life and liberty should not be stripped away just because he happens to be in another land . . . We have no difficulty in saying that such persons do not lose their civilian status and their right to a civilian trial because the Government helps...
...operation is not performed." testified Dr. Warren Guild, "it is my opinion that Leon Masden will die. It is difficult to say when." Urologist J. Hartwell Harrison admitted that as a result of the operation. Leonard would be "like an automobile without a spare tire" if he later suffered an infection or traumatic injury of his one good kidney. Leonard readily volunteered to undergo this risk. Added Psychiatrist Christopher Standish: "If this operation is not performed. Leonard will suffer a severe emotional jolt. He will realize that it had been within his power to save his brother's life...
When will inflationary pressures ease? Reserve's Martin did not give an opinion, but both Budget Director Percival Brundage and Treasury Secretary George Humphrey testified that Government spending, a prime inflationary factor, is on the increase, largely for defense. The new spending will trim the fiscal 1957 budget surplus to $1.2 billion instead of the predicted $1.7 billion. Next twelvemonth the Government may spend even more, possibly as much as $1.5 billion more than the estimated $71.8 billion budget. What all this means is that despite pleas from every quarter the U.S. cannot even consider a tax cut this...
What worried businessmen was the sweeping nature of the decision, putting a new emphasis on the nation's antitrust philosophy. As Justice Harold H. Burton wrote in his dissenting opinion: The ruling "disregards the language and purpose of the statute, 40 years of administrative practice and of the precedents . . . except one District Court decision. To make its case, the court requires no showing of any misuse of a stock interest-either at the time of acquisition or subsequently-to gain preferential treatment. All that is required, if this case is to be our guide, is that some court...