Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President the cooperation of those present in enforcing Prohibition. Mr. Coolidge spoke: "It is a satisfaction to receive the assurances of such a body of men and women that they have a firm determination to abide by the laws of the land, and that they propose to uphold the Constitution of the United States. You set a great example in that respect. "There is no such thing as liberty without observance of law. It is a fundamental principle reaching every activity of our Government. It is the foundation of all principles on which Americanism rests, and the source...
...Huerta: "The minute the Mexican revolution succeeds I, Adolfo de la Huerta, will step down from leadership and will become a plain citizen of Mexico, without title and without office. Then I will announce my candidacy for the office of President of Mexico, pledged on my honor to uphold the Constitution and all constitutional guarantees...
...invariably the disparagement of man by his daughters and wives, conveying to the mind of the readers that the head of the family and the backbone of the nation, is a subject fit only to be ridiculed. Daughters mocking their fathers and wives chastising their better halves hardly uphold the idea of family authority, without which family life surely perishes. Nothing sinks deeper into the simple mind than the repetition of these scenes dished up in a manner suited to their low mentality...
...that in the interest of the country a Conservative and a Liberal Party should supercede the present Republican and Democratic Parties." The speakers for the affirmative will be J. H. Finley '25 and F. G. Cleveland '25, while F. A. O. Schwarz '24 and W. I. Nichols '26 will uphold the negative side of the subject...
...That to establish a 7-2 rule would produce a worse condition than at present: three objectors on the bench could do as much to uphold an iniquitous and unconstitutional law as five Justices can now do to overthrow a good...