Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...love for the theatre had finally concluded that the three chief traits in the acting profession were egotism, eroticism and exhibitionism. This elicited a vehement rebuttal from Strasberg, who then took his leave, like Marechal Villars from Louis XIV, by exclaiming, "God save me from my friends; I can protect myself from my enemies...
...state laws are virtually identical with the British, but interpretations differ. Three states (Maryland, Colorado, New Mexico) and the District of Columbia also permit abortions to protect the woman's health...
Liberty v. Liberties. Coke's clashes with the King began immediately. He denied the King's right to make law by simple proclamation, and when James I assured him that he would "ever protect the common law," Coke retorted sharply: "The common law protecteth the King." The enraged James went at him "with bended fist, offering to strike," reported a chronicler, "Which the Lo. Cooke perceaving fell flatt on all fower; humbly beseeching his Majestic to take compassion...
...enough for Justices Black and Douglas, who have long held that the Smith Act is unconstitutional. Black, in an opinion "concurring in part and dissenting in part," joined with Douglas in demanding acquittal for all 14 Communists. In fact Black advanced the proposition that the U.S. should move to protect its security only after rebellion or rioting has started. Concluded he: "The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government-one that leaves the way wide open for people to favor, discuss, advocate, or incite causes and doctrines, however obnoxious and antagonistic such...
...acts against citizens abroad it can do so free of the Bill of Rights ..." wrote Justice Black in the majority opinion. "When the Government reaches out to punish a citizen who is abroad, the shield which the Bill of Rights and other parts of the Constitution provide to protect his life and liberty should not be stripped away just because he happens to be in another land . . . We have no difficulty in saying that such persons do not lose their civilian status and their right to a civilian trial because the Government helps them live as members of a soldier...