Word: upheld
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...voting against the civil rights bill, Goldwater has upheld the Constitution of this country. The Communists hate him; they hate anyone who is against Communism. They also hate the John Birch Society, which is the only organization actively fighting Communism in this country...
...court's current obscenity doctrine rests on a 1957 decision (Roth-Alberts) which upheld the conviction of two mail-order smut peddlers. At that time, the court explained that obscenity was material that was "utterly without redeeming social importance." The Roth test is "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest," and whether, in addition, the material "goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor...
...State Department revoked the passports of leading American Communists, including those of Party Chairman Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 74, and Herbert Aptheker, 48, editor of the Communist monthly Political Affairs. Miss Flynn and Aptheker sued the State Department, charging an unconstitutional deprivation of their rights. After a federal district court upheld State's action, they appealed to the Supreme Court...
Died. Clarence Frederick Lea, 89, longtime (1916-1948) Democratic Congressman from northern California, an ardent believer in Government regulation of industry, who co-authored bills expanding the Pure Food and Drug Act and establishing the Civil Aeronautics Authority, won his greatest success in 1946 with a law, upheld by the Supreme Court, curbing Music Union Czar James C. Petrillo and his outrageously featherbedding musicians; in Santa Rosa, Calif...
...served notice of its intention to appeal. "In the light of the evidence presented by both sides," said A.P. General Manager Wes Gallagher, "we are confident that the verdict will not be upheld...