Word: overturning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reverse its ruling or to sponsor a referendum on the issue. Dolberg indicated that if the petition contained enough names, he would permit a referendum, and would probably allow members without cards to vote in it. He expressed doubt, however, that the opposition forces could muster enough votes to overturn the amendment...
...change of venue, peremptory challenges or cautionary instructions to the jury - all may be futile in a day when mass me dia confront potential jurors with everything from the murder weapon to the victim's widow. Such "prejudicial reporting" or pretrial press publicity has caused appellate courts to overturn more and more convictions...
...Jewish organization in the U.S. applauded the initial court decision on school prayer, while Roman Catholic opinion has shifted from open opposition to guarded approval. A new survey of diocesan papers by the Catholic weekly Ave Maria revealed that 35 have gone on record opposing any congressional action to overturn the court decisions, while only eight favor it; two years ago, a big majority of the same papers attacked the Supreme Court's ruling on the New York State Board of Regents' prayer. Meanwhile, the church leaders who oppose the court decisions are fewer, although they still include...
Such is the Supreme Court's reluctance to overturn an Act of Congress that in 28 years it has done so only eight times-nearly always on the ground of safeguarding individual rights. Last week the court cautiously did it again by voting 5 to 3 to throw out a federal statute that strips naturalized Americans of U.S. citizenship if they return to their native country for three or more years. The ruling evidently makes equally unenforceable a companion statute that has the same effect on naturalized Americans who live in any foreign country for five years...
...worst a dilatory tactic." FTC Chairman Paul Rand Dixon was determined to carry out the labeling; once the commission finishes studying arguments next month, it will probably hand down such an order. At that point, following FTC procedure, the industry will have to go into federal court to overturn the order-and the case is almost certain to end up in the U.S. Supreme Court...