Word: processes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That New Deal objectives would be aided by new justices is by no means sure. Senator Wheeler pointed out that, in the event of the six new men being conservatives, and amendment would be impossible, as the people would balk at a second revision scheme. The amendment process is the obvious way to attempt reform, and should not be endangered in this way. In addition, amendments are capable of swift passage if the people desire a change, President Roosevelt's manufactured crisis notwithstanding...
...northern Ohio. Seismologists declare that the recovery from glacial compression is not yet complete, expect it to continue but never to attain destructive violence. Father Joseph Lynch, S. J., of Fordham University guessed last week that rise & fall of the Ohio River flood may have accelerated the snap-back process. Father Joseph Sebastian Joliat, S. J., of Cleveland's John Carroll University disagreed with him, pointed out that Ohio has had seven tremors attributable to postglacial snap-backs since...
...commerce, we should have no hesitation in setting the act aside [Carter Coal Co. (Guffey) case]. . . . These instances . . . involve rights of property; Snatch is arguing for personal liberty. The two must not be confused. . . ." Here the Justice proceeds to Oscar Snatch's contention that he was denied due process...
...square deal. For example, any railroad company which has not had its tax assessment lowered since the Depression . . . may have its tax bill cut down by this court [Great Northern Ry. v. North Dakota]. This is the type of legislative tyranny which is clearly a violation of due process. . . . We shall give back any money exacted as taxes . . . for the benefit of farmers . . . but we shall have nothing to say if the money is for no one in particular [Hoosac Mills (AAA) case]. And do not ask us to return money exacted from consumers for the benefit of manufacturers...
...extra height of the middle teeth prevents Dr. Sears's patients from shutting their jaws completely. Only way to do that and to bite into food is to thrust out the lower jaw so that the high teeth clear each other. This enables one to nibble. While this process goes on (practice soon removes the strain), the second molars keep the artificial dentures from springing out of the mouth...