Word: warranting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would have the same effect on tribal lands claimed by New York State Indians. The protesters also opposed Senate Bill 1437, a revision of the federal criminal code that has drawn stiff opposition from civil liberties groups. The bill would allow police to wire-tap private telephones without a warrant under some circumstances and would also impose stricter controls on public demonstrations...
...Horizon to increase its market share, haul it into the black and help persuade investors and lenders to put up the $7.5 billion that it must spend over the next five years to bring out new cars and modernize its factories. Chrysler says a $150 million preferred-stock and warrant issue, due to go on sale this week, is oversubscribed...
...were nothing new in 1971 when demonstrators seized part of the Stanford University Hospital, but student editors of the Stanford Daily (circ. 15,000) covered the event anyway. A wise move. Violence broke out, and nine policemen were injured. Three days later the police, armed with a search warrant, barged into the Daily's offices looking for photographs that might help identify their assailants. They found nothing of use, and the Daily filed suit. Eventually, two lower courts found that the paper's constitutional rights had been violated, and the police were ordered to pay $47,000 in attorneys' fees...
...editors across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed those rulings. In a 5-to-3 decision, the high bench concluded that police seeking evidence do indeed have the right to push unannounced into a newsroom?or any other place?as long as a judge has issued a search warrant, even if the occupant is not suspected of involvement in a crime. The majority rejected the contentions that police should first seek a subpoena, which can be contested in court, and that freedom of the press under the First Amendment gives newsrooms much more protection against unreasonable searches and seizures...
What troubles newsmen is that, in practice, police can often find a judge willing to issue a search warrant, with slight justification. And search warrants do not prevent investigators from poring over all sorts of things while looking for the specific evidence they are seeking. Journalists are afraid this could have a chilling effect on sources, who might choose to remain silent for fear that their names would be found on a stray scrap of paper during a search. Edward W. Barrett, publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review, envisions a distressing scenario: "A newspaper in Blankville, Tenn., starts an expose...