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...Stuart, a great-nephew of General Jeb Stuart, introduced a resolution "Interposing the sovereignty of the State against the encroachment upon the reserved powers of this State." Borrowing the adjectives of Madison, the resolution condemned the Supreme Court's decision as "a deliberate, palpable and dangerous attempt ... to usurp the amendatory power that lies solely with not fewer than three-fourths of the States." Crying "We have too long remained silent," the resolution invited other states to ask Congress to call a convention that would draft a constitutional amendment to "settle the issue of contested power here asserted." Under...
...liberals," according to leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals, are out to break down the barriers between Protestant denominations. The Rev. George L. Ford, executive director of the ultraconservative N.A.E., told the organization's convention in Chicago that unless it is stopped, "the liberal ecumenical movement will usurp the rights of the churches." The ecumenical movement, he said, favors such things as "downtown worship centers which would not only take the place of regular Protestant churches, but would be headquarters for Catholics and Jews as well." Cried N.A.E. President Henry H. Savage: "The only statement of faith...
...suggestion of Mario Corelli. Tradition says that the writer made the suggestion to Morris and Sir Thomas Lipton, while visiting the latter's yacht. There was considerable fumbling for check books, with Lipton finally insisting that he would not dream of being such a bad host as to usurp his guest's privilege of endowing the building...
...Government and banks which make Government-guaranteed farm price-support loans. The clause would require these banks to hire employees without race discrimination. Egged on by bankers, Byrnes telephoned President Eisenhower in Denver. Said Byrnes: "I talked with the President ... he does not want departments of the Government to usurp the powers of Congress or by executive fiat to interfere with the business practices of citizens when there is no law authorizing such action...
...other hand, Catholics have let modern science usurp "the central governing virtue of Christian life. To it belongs, by right, the spirit of critical investigation, of discovery, invention and experimentation, whether our aim at the time is to know something, to make something, or to do something...