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Justice Black went even farther. The Sullivan judgment, said he, offers "dramatic proof that state libel Taws threaten the very existence of an American press virile enough to publish unpopular views on public affairs and bold enough to criticize the conduct of public officials. An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. I regret that the court has stopped short of this...
Teaching Nat Sci General Education courses is not an easy job, and it early became an unpopular one among science professors. Of course, the Redbook did leave the Nat Sci instructor a somewhat complicated...
...said hat the people "have taken to the streets and are using muscle" because "they feel the courts have failed them." He pointed to the refusal of the most prominant lawyers to accept unpopular or criminal cases as the reason that people have chosen demonstrations to achieve their goals, as in the recent teacher strikes for higher...
...going to underwrite such performances. Only professional repertory companies, through constant revivals, can preserve the history of the drama in a meaningful form. Similarly, when the art of theater is to be advanced, only a company that is not hooped to commerce can try something new and almost certainly unpopular without fear of financial ruin. By and large, the American theater ignored the obvious need of rep groups until it could ignore them no longer...
What Will Johnson Do? Chairman Martin admits that the Reserve has made mistakes and could stand some reforms. But he champions its freedom to make unpopular decisions, and argues that its unique strength has been in keeping control of the money supply out of the hands of politicians. He fears that Congress would be tempted to tamper with policy if it had power over the system's purse, and that the Treasury Secretary would be subject to a conflict of interest if he also headed the Federal Reserve. Says Martin: "The question is whether the principal officer in charge...