Word: warranting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, eight of the twelve members of the House committee went along with the view that there was enough evidence in both the King and Kennedy cases to warrant the Justice Department's continuing the investigation, although nothing was found to overturn the basic conclusion of the Warren Commission 15 years ago: that Oswald had acted alone. Discussing the House report, Michigan Congressman Harold Sawyer, a dissenting member of the committee, called it "supposition upon supposition upon supposition." A former prosecutor, Sawyer was asked what he would have done in his old job if someone had laid the report...
...Original Disco Man ( Polydor). See what the man says? Don't argue. This is James Brown, the regent of volcanic soul, and even after all these years (say around 20) and some pretty rag ged records, royalty is due some respect. Nice thing is, James does not warrant any special considerations this time around. This is a solid, soulful record that shows where disco went to school. At least one cut, the wonderfully titled It's Too Funky in Here, could be played on the radio from now to Christmas. -Jay Cocks
Zurcher vs. Stanford Daily (1978). With a warrant, police can make a surprise raid on a newsroom to search for evidence of crime committed by others...
...would have overturned earlier decisions giving broad effect to the Fourth Amendment prohibition against "unreasonable searches and seizures." But this year the court upheld Fourth Amendment claims more often than not. In Arkansas vs. Sanders, for instance, the court ruled that police with probable cause needed a warrant to search a suitcase found in a car. In Delaware vs. Prouse, the court struck down random police checks of drivers' licenses and car registrations. On the other hand, it found no Fourth Amendment violation in "pen registers" used without a warrant by Maryland police to record telephone numbers dialed...
Told that there was no other legal remedy, the Pittorinos sought a warrant for the couple's arrest under Massachusetts incest laws that trace back to 1695. Shortly thereafter, Victoria and David, who were living together in an automobile, were arrested, booked, and released pending a preliminary hearing in Lawrence on July 25. A conviction could bring up to 20 years in prison...