Word: prohibition
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...still technically possible to adopt an amendment (to prohibit a U. S. citizen from taking a title from a foreign country) proposed by Congress in 1810 and never ratified. It is also still possible to pass an amendment (to prohibit any amendment to the Constitution which would abolish slavery) proposed by Congress in 1861. In practice, however, no amendment has ever been adopted unless it was successful during the first four years after being presented to the states. In only one case was an amendment rejected by more than onequarter of the states and subsequently ratified; this was the reconstruction...
...while," he continued, "we thought that it would be necessary to post watches at the door to intercept the thieves and to prohibit students from carrying satchels or bags in and out of the Library, but these steps were not thought advisable. We did have to suspend several men's Library privileges, however, and by making examples of these thieves we think we have stopped the practice...
...some months ago would teach all subsequent fools to watch their steps when they seek to purify the wells of American history. Not so. The latest worker for the cause of 1776 percent Americanism is Representative O'Brien, of Dorchester, who has filed a bill in the House to prohibit the hellish poison of falsification from polluting the teaching of the history of the United States...
...says: "Fundamentally, the trust company must be either wrong or right. If it is right, and a good thing for the public, the more it advertises and the greater the volume of business it receives, the greater the public good. If the trust company is wrong, why merely prohibit its advertising? Why not have the state cancel its charter? Finally, if a business has a legitimate reason for existence and yet can be advertisingly gagged through legislation that will benefit only a minority, where will the line be drawn? Why not laws to prevent the advertising of automobiles because this...
...could be terribly abused by Congress which, under the Amendment, could prohibit the labor of all persons under 18 years...