Word: protecting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...place the renewal rights to the copyright of Dardanella safely in her hands, and after most diligent searching through and with the help of Ohio newspapers, I located her working in a department store in Dayton. . . . I have already notified Mrs. Black that she should act at once to protect her interest...
...Solomons and New Guinea campaigns in their early stages were never considered part of a major strategic offensive. They were defensive than offensive, conceived to protect the vital sea lanes to Australia...
...short of planes, possibly even of trained jungle fighters, was grievously hurt. He could not adequately protect both the New Ireland-New Guinea area and the Central Pacific islands with what he had in sight. One battle zone or the other would have to remain weak, or reinforcements would have to be rushed from distant zones. Chungking reports indicated that the Japanese might be doing just this: fleet concentrations were said to be moving south off Fukien Province, and heavy troop movements were taking place from Manchukuo and North China...
Court v. Congress. Professor Commager might admit that the bogey remains: representatives of the people might threaten the integrity of the Bill of Rights. But the Professor does not trust the Supreme Court to protect freedom. The record of history, he says, "reveals no instance (with the possible exception of the dubious Wong Wing case) where the Court has intervened on behalf of the underprivileged-the Negro, the alien, women, children, workers, tenant-farmers.* It reveals, on the contrary, that the Court has effectively intervened again and again to defeat congressional efforts to free slaves, guarantee civil rights to Negroes...
...compels Congress to be careful of the phraseology of bills. And in a federal system, a Supreme Court is necessary as a tacit reminder to keep the legislatures of the 48 States from nullifying the powers of the Government in Washington. Conversely, a Supreme Court is also needed to protect the 48 States against overriding federal law. Professor Commager assumes that State legislatures will not do radically unconstitutional things, though he admits that there have been occasional departures by the States from high standards of constitutional integrity. But if two States were to quarrel over the right...