Word: constitutionalists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mecham, who supports and is supported by some members of the John Birch Society, calls himself a constitutionalist, declaring, "It's my firm conviction that the Constitution of this land was brought forth by men who God sent down and inspired to do it." During a 1961 debate he went so far as to claim that President Eisenhower supported socialist policies regarding education. Yet his primary victory seemed to be less an indication of a rightward lurch in Arizona than of resentment against the "Phoenix 40" and other business and political leaders. His nomination sent a message to the "downtown...
...admission of such evidence, a trial might nevertheless have revealed that Letelier's assassination fit into a larger pattern of regime-sponsored attacks against leading exile figures exporting terror. It might have revealed that in September 1974 the Chilean secret policy struck against Gen. Carlos Prats, the leading constitutionalist military figure in exile. Gen. Prats' appeal within the Chilean military cannot be gauged. However, constitutionalism had worried the junta enough for it to stage anti-constitutionalist show trials in April, 1974. Further, during his exile in Buenos Aires, Gen. Prats had kept in close touch with officers in chile...