Nomination of James P. Coleman: Hearing, 89-1, July 12-13m 19651965 - 164 pages |
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... means . " " In 1959 , as Governor he invited the FBI to investigate the Mack Charles Parker lynching case . One of his reasons was that " I want to emphasize that the constitution of the State of Mississippi requires me to take an oath ...
... means . " " In 1959 , as Governor he invited the FBI to investigate the Mack Charles Parker lynching case . One of his reasons was that " I want to emphasize that the constitution of the State of Mississippi requires me to take an oath ...
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... mean to give that im- pression . Wherever I am quoting the Governor in my statement , they are surrounded - his statement is surrounded by quotation marks . Whenever I am not quoting him , then the language appears without quotation ...
... mean to give that im- pression . Wherever I am quoting the Governor in my statement , they are surrounded - his statement is surrounded by quotation marks . Whenever I am not quoting him , then the language appears without quotation ...
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... mean . Senator ERVIN . Thank you . Have you completed your statement ? Dr. ALEXANDER . Yes . Senator ERVIN . Father Richard T. McSorley , Catholic Interracial Council . You may proceed . Father MCSORLEY . Thank you , Mr. Chairman ...
... mean . Senator ERVIN . Thank you . Have you completed your statement ? Dr. ALEXANDER . Yes . Senator ERVIN . Father Richard T. McSorley , Catholic Interracial Council . You may proceed . Father MCSORLEY . Thank you , Mr. Chairman ...
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... means short of the use of force and violence . And what that means in theory is the doctrine of interposition , but what it means in prac- tice is that the legal process should be used for purposes of delaying the effect of the ...
... means short of the use of force and violence . And what that means in theory is the doctrine of interposition , but what it means in prac- tice is that the legal process should be used for purposes of delaying the effect of the ...
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... mean the general who ordered General Walker to be committed . Senator ERVIN . Now we had a little discussion here last year about civil rights , and among other things , school integration . And the majority of the Senate passed a law ...
... mean the general who ordered General Walker to be committed . Senator ERVIN . Now we had a little discussion here last year about civil rights , and among other things , school integration . And the majority of the Senate passed a law ...
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Page 66 - That this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Page 65 - That the several States composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Page 70 - ... the General Assembly doth solemnly appeal to the like dispositions in the other states, in confidence that they will concur with this commonwealth in declaring, as it does hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid are unconstitutional ; — and that the necessary and proper measures will be taken by each for co-operating with this state, in maintaining unimpaired the authorities, rights, and liberties, reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Page 66 - Government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing [short] of despotism — since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the...
Page 66 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 68 - State, sometimes termed its police power, to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education and good order of the people, and to legislate so as to increase the industries of the State, develop its resources, and add to its wealth and prosperity.
Page 49 - Article VI of the Constitution makes the Constitution the "supreme Law of the Land." In 1803, Chief Justice Marshall, speaking for a unanimous Court, referring to the Constitution as "the fundamental and paramount law of the nation," declared in the notable case of Marbury v.
Page 64 - When a State exercises power wholly within the domain of state interest, it is insulated from federal judicial review. But such insulation is not carried over when state power is used as an instrument for circumventing a federally protected right.
Page 62 - ... the usual and most effectual precautions are taken to secure this impartiality. Some such tribunal is clearly essential to prevent an appeal to the sword and a dissolution of the compact; and that it ought to be established under the general rather than under the local governments, or, to speak more properly, that it could be safely established under the first alone, is a position not likely to be combated.
Page 50 - Brown was unanimously reached by this Court only after the case had been briefed and twice argued and the issues had been given the most serious consideration. Since the first Brown opinion three new Justices have come to the Court. They are at one with the Justices still on the Court who participated in that basic decision as to its correctness, and that decision is now unanimously reaffirmed. The principles announced in that decision and the obedience of the States to them, according to the command...