Word: courts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Americans. We cannot fight our government. We comply with the mandate of the court, but under protest." This statement of Mr. Lewis, representative of the United Mine Workers' of America, is one which renews the faith of the nation in the patriotism of one large group in our society. So long as there is a law, it must be obeyed. A free and democratic government is that which affords opportunity to the people to strike out or change what seems to them an unjust law. Ours is such a government; if enough people can be persuaded to their side...
...William Rand 2L, of Rye, N. Y., in five hard-fought sets, 3--6, 7--5, 6--8, 6--3, 6--4. The New Yorkers put up a magnificent fight, and for a while in the fourth set they seemed to be sure of winning, but their opponents' greater court experience enabled them to be victorious. The net game of the Rand brothers was especially notable. Lipman excelled at serving, while de Turenne's back-court drives gained him many points...
...entire match was characterized by well-placed drives, and tremendous smashes. Lipman elected to take the net often, where he won point after point by well directed returns. Turenne excelled in deep court play and used his back-hand stroke with telling effect. Lipman served most effectively and showed a change of speed that was very disconcerting to his opponent...
...Ames competition extends throughout the year until by the process of elimination only two clubs are left. The duel between these two is then judged by a Justice of the Supreme Court, if one is available, and, if not, by some lower State or Federal Judge...
...negro convicted, there seems to be an absurdity in the proportion of his sentence to the alleged crime. If he is guilty of three attacks on women, a six months' sentence either denotes an honest doubt of the man's guilt in the mind of the court, or else that circumstances existed of such a mitigating nature that the offense was deemed mild; this could not be were it a case of out and out attack. Is it reasonable to suppose that any man under normal circumstances, convicted of three cases of assault on women, would be given only...