Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even the President, is above the law and the courts that uphold...
...real criminals, people whose bombs killed not one unfortunate researcher but hundreds of thousands of innocent people, not only go unpunished but continue to hold the highest offices in the country. "At this point," Paul Soglin said during his election campaign, in a statement he has continued to uphold since, "it would be the height of hypocrisy to abandon Karleton Armstrong. Whether Armstrong is innocent or guilty, anyone who conceptually supported ridding this campus of the AMRC, no matter whether they approved or disapproved of the bombing itself, must come to his defense...
...attorneys and Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox to try to work out a compromise. No agreement could be reached; so the court ruled. Its decision was a sharp, skillfully crafted rebuke to the President's claims of absolute immunity from the judicial process and absolute Executive privilege.* To uphold these positions, said the court, would dangerously strengthen the presidency at the expense of the other branches of Government...
...Uphold a taxpayer's right to discover the heretofore secret CIA budgets...
...Department to find out who was responsible for the leaks. In the attempt to identify those responsible, the newsmen under subpoena may be pressed to reveal their confidential sources. If so, we will resist. We take it for granted that journalists, like all other citizens, have a duty to uphold the law. But we also believe that a reporter should not be required to disclose confidential sources except in the most compelling circumstances, such as imminent danger of loss of life, or if the reporter had essential information on a violent crime or on a matter of overriding danger...