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Governing
April 20, 2018
Brady's case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 1963 ruled that prosecutors must turn over potential exculpatory evidence, even if it may hurt their case. “Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted, but when criminal trials are fair,” wrote Associate Justice William O. Douglas in favorÃâà...
Constitution Daily (blog)
April 20, 2018
Stevens replaced William O. Douglas on the bench. Ford has asked Attorney General Edward Levi for a list of prospective candidates. Stevens, Third Circuit Judge Arlin Adams, Maine Attorney Vincent McKusick and former Solicitor General Robert Bork topped the list. Stevens and Adams were the final twoÃâà...
nwitimes.com
April 17, 2018
The remaining four speakers for the 2018 season will be announced in late May and season series tickets go on sale in early June. Since 1953, the Sinai Forum has hosted countless prominent figures, celebrities and world leaders, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Walter Cronkite, William O. Douglas, OprahÃâà...
Whitman Pioneer
March 29, 2018
The Pioneer published the following article in volume 107 issue 24 on May 1st, 1997. It was written by Jennifer Allen, a Staff Writer. “Censorship of pornography would be counterproductive to the feminist movement,” ACLU president Nadine Strossen stated to a crowded Chism auditorium Monday at 8 p.m.Ãâà...
SCOTUSblog (blog)
March 27, 2018
In contrast, Justice William O. Douglas called the change “as useless and unnecessary as a man's sixth Cadillac.” Personal assessments aside, the authors empirically examined whether the new winged bench had the intended effect of limiting interruptions. The American Bar Association in 1971Ãâà...
Herald-Mail Media
March 23, 2018
In 1954, Donnelly joined Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in inviting media personalities and newspaper editors to hike the length of the historic towpath. A history about Donnelly reports that he had a room of his Hancock house wallpapered with colorful maps, showing the entire route of the C&OÃâà...
Sierra Magazine
March 22, 2018
A Mississippi-born Clinton appointee who clerked for the iconoclastic Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Alsup is known for his idiosyncratic passion for self-education. For example, in a patent dispute case between Google and Oracle, Alsup took to writing computer code so that he could betterÃâà...
The Nation.
March 22, 2018
A Mississippi-born Clinton appointee who clerked for the iconoclastic Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Alsup is know for his idiosyncratic passion for self-education. For example, in a patent dispute case between Google and Oracle, Alsup took to writing computer code so that he could betterÃâà...
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
March 19, 2018
In 1968, Justice and Mrs. William O. Douglas would not be able to make it to a hike through Allerton Park on March 30. The Supreme Court justice cited duties in Washington as the reason for the cancellation. In 2003, the Champaign County Forest Preserve District was considering making major cutbacks,Ãâà...
Poughkeepsie Journal
March 16, 2018
Eventually the U.S. Supreme Court agreed, with Justice William O. Douglas famously declaring, “A function of free speech is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it induces unrest.” But in the same case a dissenting judge, Robert Jackson, warned: “This Court has gone too far.
Sioux City Journal
March 11, 2018
With respect to the First Amendment, Justice William O. Douglas wrote in 1949, “Freedom of speech, though not absolute, is protected against censorship or punishment unless shown likely to produce a clear and present danger of serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience,Ãâà...
Charlotte Observer
March 10, 2018
And in 1973, when the court again upheld the law, Justice William O. Douglas, joined by Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, said that the “chilling effect of [the law's] vague and generalized prohibitions is so obvious as not to need elaboration.” A modern version of that argument would be thatÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
March 8, 2018
And in 1973, when the court again upheld the law, Justice William O. Douglas, joined by Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, said that the “chilling effect of [the law's] vague and generalized prohibitions is so obvious as not to need elaboration.” A modern version of that argument would be thatÃâà...
seattlepi.com
March 5, 2018
Both are embracing the legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who led hikes in 1958 and 1964 to keep the coastline wild. In their letter, the 227 lawmakers cite recent environmental disasters that have spanned America's coastlines. "The significant impacts associated with offshore oilÃâà...
Yes! Weekly
December 31, 1999
... Study of Behavioral Sciences and several Dean's Awards for his books. In 1983, the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith presented him with the William O. Douglas First Amendment Award for his “compassionate eloquent leadership and persistent advocacy in the struggle for civil and human rightsÃâà...
seattlepi.com
December 31, 1999
Ferguson is claiming the legacy of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who twice led treks to oppose building a highway along the wild coast. Bryant is evoking President Theodore Roosevelt, who designated the national monument which preceded Olympic National Park. Three of theÃâà...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
December 31, 1999
Local resident Carroll Tichner suggested they invite avid outdoorsman and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, William O. Douglas, to walk the gorge and help raise awareness. And he showed up. We had help producing Inside Appalachia this week from Charlie Baglan, of Kentucky Afield Radio, a production ofÃâà...
Press of Atlantic City
December 31, 1999
And in 1973, when the court again upheld the law, Justice William O. Douglas, joined by Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, said that the “chilling effect of (the law's) vague and generalized prohibitions is so obvious as not to need elaboration.” A modern version of that argument would be thatÃâà...
Minnesota Lawyer
December 31, 1999
And in 1973, when the court again upheld the law, Justice William O. Douglas, joined by Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, said that the “chilling effect of [the law's] vague and generalized prohibitions is so obvious as not to need elaboration.” A modern version of that argument would be thatÃâà...
INFORUM
December 31, 1999
According to Forum columnist Rob Port, "Sen. Heidi Heitkamp wants the government to be able to deny you constitutionally-protected rights not because you've been convicted of a crime, or found to be incompetent or dangerous through some legal process, but rather because the government has decidedÃâà...
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