Word: warranting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...father Vernon claims that Marjoe was still living with his real mother. Then Marjoe married, fathered a daughter, now eleven, and drifted through a series of fit-and-start careers. The movie does not mention the marriage, which ended in divorce in 1968. There is a California warrant still open for Marjoe's arrest on a complaint of failing to pay child support...
...rather complex, but the gist of the matter is this: the Supreme Court has declared that if there has been any illegal eavesdropping involving a defendant, he must be given the details of what was overheard. It has also said that it is illegal to tap without a warrant -at least in cases that do not involve foreign intelligence...
...call was relayed to Hoyt, who found the hospital adamant in refusing to discuss the matter-but the refusal was couched in terms indicating the information was true. Hoyt also heard of other Eagleton hospitalizations for "gastrointestinal" problems and "sudden weight loss." He thought the evidence strong enough to warrant a detailed memo to Robert Boyd, Knight's Washington bureau chief. The two arranged to meet at Rapid City, S. Dak., and discuss whether to approach McGovern's staff...
...suspicions are based on the word of an unnamed tipster. When the court did find that officials had overreached their authority, however, it proved ready to slap them down, thus the Justices ruled unanimously that it is unconstitutional to eavesdrop on domestic political "suspects" without a judicial warrant...
What paths will the Administration now follow? The President at his press conference said that no legislation would be sought to eliminate the warrant requirement. Other Administration sources, however, were interested by a suggestion in the court's opinion that Congress could establish different and presumably easier standards for issuing warrants in security cases...