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Justice Douglas in his dissent admitted the Government's contention that it "would have been laughed out of court" if it had attempted to indict and try the Rosenbergs under the 1946 law. Douglas insisted, however, that the sentencing procedure of the 1946 law was the only one that could be applied to the case. He said: "Where two penal statutes may apply . . . the court has no choice but to impose the less harsh sentence . . . I know deep in my heart that I am right...
...concurrence to the decision that was really a dissent from its principles, Justice Huge Black said "test oaths are notorious tools of tyranny. This is just one of a national network of laws aimed at coercing and controlling the minds was really a dissent from its principles...
Following his testimony, he issued a statement to the press, in which he charged that the tactics of the hearings "reflect the punitive and vindictive attitudes of the committee toward all those who act upon the conviction that its proceedings traduce the right of dissent and non-conformity...
...urges that 'the Law School. . . retain the position it has established over the year.' We sincerely hope that the Law School will be true to its traditions which found its finest expressions in Dean Roscoe Pound's criticism of the Palmer Raids of the 1920's, Justice Frankfurter's dissent of Sacco and Vanzetti, and Professor Chafee's participation in the great free speech controversies...
...strange that a company so proud of its heritage should suddenly forget America was weaned and strengthened on dissent and ideas. But perhaps insurance companies must be sensitive to public opinion. It probably wouldn't take too many letters to remind the company of the principles of John Hancock. The lease runs out in May, and can still be renewed...