Word: provisionally
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Friendly, who is often mentioned as one of Richard Nixon's leading candidates for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, would like to see a constructive debate over the amendment, "free from the compulsion of precedent and the cacophony of cliches." In a recent series of lectures at the...
The recent amendment to the Higher Education Act passed by the Senate is seen by some as a provision for the use of coercion by the Federal government relative to the political activities of students. What is your opinion?
The Senate amendment to the Higher Education Act left considerable discretion to individual colleges and universities in cutting off aid to students who participated in campus disorders. The provision passed by the House made student aid cutoffs mandatory. The compromise version actually passed made cutoffs mandatory in serious cases.
If such a provision was felt necessary--and I am not at all certain that it was--I would have opposed mandatory cutoffs and given full discretion to the university.
The second, tougher "anti-riot" amendment--attached to the Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Appropriations Bill--makes no provision for a university hearing. This measure will be sent to the White House as soon as the House and Senate resolve a disagreement on an unrelated section of the appropriations bill...