Word: uphold
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your rights is to violate the law. It should be affirmed . . . that Article VI of the Constitution means what it says." Echoing Marshall's plea, U.S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin rose to remind the court of the obligations of school boards and state authorities to uphold the Constitution. "The court," said he, "must say throughout the length and breadth of this land: There can be no equality of justice for our people if the law steps aside even for a moment...
...circumstances: a man is free if he can actually live as he desires. This is the position of Hobbes, for example, who views all laws as an infringement upon freedom. The second basic definition of freedom characterizes it as an acquired state of mind, and Adler dubs those who uphold it the self-perfectionists. Epictetus, who was once a slave but considered his spirit free, would fall under this category. The third position, which Adler calls the "natural freedom of self-determination." is defined as an individual's ability to determine for himself-though not necessarily to carry...
...will protect him from broken windows and sugar in his gas for $200 a year, and the owner asks his lawyer whether he should pay. "We have here," said Mulder, "a neat issue of trying to serve the interests of the client and at the same time trying to ... uphold the law. As a practical matter, he cannot look to law enforcement agencies to protect him against the hoodlums." Therefore, Attorney Mulder concluded, "a policy of expediency can be morally justified"-that is, the owner may pay, if he will also try to work for better law enforcement...
Lewis felt certain that the State Superior Court would uphold his findings. "I don't think there is any doubt about whether it will stand up," he stated. The atorney for the appellants, Paul G. Counihan '39 will appeal the Master's findings in Superior Court September...
...activated interservice "Specified Command," to begin the deployment. Signaled Admiral Burke to the Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Division, due to land on the Beirut beaches: "As you land, you will be writing another chapter in our country's history. I am confident you will uphold traditions of the Navy and Marine Corps. Good luck...