Word: panels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unjustified by any dangers that homosexuality may pose for society. The 14-member task force that prepared the report was headed by U.C.L.A.'s Evelyn Hooker, an erudite, compassionate psychologist who is one of the nation's most distinguished researchers in the field. A majority of the panel, which included psychiatrists, sociologists, anthropologists, lawyers and a theologian, urges states to abolish the laws that make homosexual intercourse a crime for consenting adults in private. More controversially, their report recommends that government and private employers "reassess" their current standards and implies that they should hire homosexuals who can pass...
...Boston Legal Assistance Project attorneys representing the families can convince Ford that the law on evictions is "possibly" unconstitutional, he will refer the case to a three-man panel of judges for a-nother hearing, said one of the lawyers...
They contend that the law is unconstitutional because it violates the right to due process of law. A vicory before the three-man panel would send the families' case direct to the United States Supreme Court...
...yesterday's hearing Ford rejected a motion by Fleming to refer the case to the panel. Ford said that he would first consider BRA's motion to invalidate the restraining order. He overruled an objection by Fleming that the testimony of the BRA witnesses was "irrelevant" to the constituional question...
...likely to pass the House before the week is over. Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has indicated his panel will hold hearings on the measure if it clears the House...