Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...refused his requests to allow him to consult his lawyer during the interrogation and that his confession had not been voluntary. The Illinois Supreme Court agreed that the confession was involuntary and reversed his conviction; then the state asked for a rehearing, persuaded the court to reverse itself and uphold the sentence...
...Statement. "I do fervently hope," wrote Ike, "that the person selected to lead our party in the coming campaign will be a man who will uphold, earnestly, with dedication and conviction, the principles and traditions of our party." G.O.P. principles, said Eisenhower, were "spelled out at length" in the party convention platforms of 1956 and 1960. "These platforms," said Ike, "represented the responsible, forward-looking Republicanism I tried to espouse as President, the kind that I am convinced is supported by the overwhelming majority of the Republican Party, the kind I deeply believe the party must continue to offer...
...with or without a jury. The Mississippians had hoped for the former, counting on sympathetic Southern jurors. But how they fare now is almost unimportant compared with the ramifications of last week's decision. For only by the narrowest margin of 5 to 4 did the Supreme Court uphold summary criminal-contempt power. And in so doing, it seemed to grant a key concession that dissenting Justice Hugo Black hailed as "the beginning of the end" for nonjury contempt trials...
...expropriated American investors had persuaded lower courts to uphold their claim to $175,000 in Cuban sugar receipts deposited in New York banks. They wanted the Supreme Court to ratify this decision, arguing that foreign seizure decrees are invalid if they violate international...
...known that we her coupon challenge to a swimming meet any House of Harvard that will come forth to uphold Harvard's honor; the events to be the same as though in intramural competition. We will be willing to arrange the meet for any day of this coming week. It seems to us that your intramural office would be more that willing to underwrite expenses for such an honorable cause...