Word: upheld
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week, in its final "decision Monday" of the session, the Supreme Court upheld the conspiracy conviction of the eleven top U.S. Communists. The vote was 6 to 2. Chief Justice Vinson, in his 7,700-word majority opinion, called the Communist conspiracy a "clear and present danger...
...Upheld the contempt-of-court sentences of the Communists' six lawyers, for their raucous courtroom conduct...
...sooner had the Supreme Court upheld the Smith Act last Monday than Attorney General Mc-Grath and his assistant Irving H. Saypol began crowing over "forthcoming action" and the "sad day for conspirators." But before letting loose the hounds, federal and state enforcement agencies would do well to read over the concurring reports of Justices Jackson and Frankfurter and the dissents of Justices Black and Douglas...
...tutors also upheld both the Bender and Student Council Repots on the limit to the size of effective tutorial groups. A 15-8 vote sustained the opinion that five is the maximum number that should be assigned a single group...
...Yale's colleges failed in etiquette but upheld their records last Saturday as they played host to and defeated two top House teams. Jonathan Edwards beat Eliot 7 to 6 in baseball, while Silliman defeated Aklams in golf...