Word: waiver
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...brought in for questioning is in a "crisis-laden situation" and must make quick decisions that may affect his freedom for years. Often, he may decide to cooperate rather than provoke. Any confession obtained from such a man could hardly be said to result from a voluntary waiver of his rights, as required by Miranda...
...week began with a slapstick squabble over a bill to waive the requirement that radio and television grant equal time to all candidates. The waiver would have cleared the way for presidential debates among the major candidates-something that Hubert Humphrey wants and Richard Nixon, as the man with a big lead to preserve, does not. In their maneuvering over the bill the Democrats staged a lock-in in the House, and the Republicans held a sit-out in the Senate. When House Republicans conducted a 27-hour filibuster by insisting on time-consuming roll calls (45 of them, each...
...alone"; in light of that, the judges were persuaded that the Sixth Amendment trial-by-jury guarantee applies to juveniles in federal courts. They also objected on the basis that the law involves a "rock or whirlpool" choice. "Where a reward is held out to an individual for the waiver of a constitutional right," wrote Judge Harold Tyler, "or a greater threat posed for choosing to assert it, any waiver may be said to have been extracted in an impermissible manner." The judges ruled unconstitutional that part of the act that imposes a "Hobson's choice." Instead...
...President Gumucio immediately resigned in favor of a pro-Frei member. But the leftists still had the last word. By a margin of five votes, they won passage of a proposal guaranteeing workers the right to strike, a law on which Frei had asked for a year's waiver. Frei had once more won control of his rebellious party, but he clearly did not yet control all its policies...
Every student in violation of federal statutes should expect a visit from federal agents. But each suspect should know that he may ask the FBI to leave his room if the agents do not have a search warrant; that he is not required to sign a waiver permitting the government to use against him in court anything he says...