Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Administration's viewpoint, there could be no more propitious time to carry out their reform constitutionally by amendment. Sticking by the letter of the law and not the spirit, as President Roosevelt expects to do through a sly application of his appointive power, is obviously as great a crime as any judgment the Supreme Court could possibly hand down. The crowning example of irony, however, rests in the action of a man like Professor Corwin who, after having devoted the greater part of his life to building up a logical constitutional case against judicial prerogatives, throws his full support behind...
...Spain as Lancashire is a part of England or Pennsylvania is a State in the Union. The world already knows something of the terrible suffering experienced by Catalonia under Red rule, of the destruction of private property and the murder of thousands of peaceful, harmless citizens for no other crime than their ideas or their respectability...
Added incentives are the writing of passing spring fancies in the Vagabond, sneers at Loretta Young in the Moviegoer, reviews of the latest books, hot off the presses, in the Bookshelf, and informal examinations of college in the Crime, as well as other special features. Altogether, for training in critical investigation and varied writing the editorial board offers unparalleled opportunities...
...doubt, and there is no doubt in the minds of the country, that the real purport of the message Friday is not judicial reform but the abolition of judicial interference with New Deal measures by packing the court. For some this is the final unforgivable sin, the long-feared crime, marking the climax of an unsavory career. For others, who sympathize with such New Deal aims as social security, minimum wage laws, or conservative measures, the new proposal creates an embarrassing and highly unpleasant dilemma. The ends meet with nothing but approval; but the suggestion of packing the court...
HERE'S TO CRIME-Courtney Ryley Cooper-Little, Brown ($2.75). Hairraising bill-of-particulars on U. S. crime, which Author Cooper calls biggest, best-paying U. S. industry, comparatively safe for the 3,500,000 engaged in it but a menace to the three out of four victims...