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...Frankfurter led in the landmark decision implementing school desegregation; it was he who united a divided court by offering the compromise order, "with all deliberate speed." But the court was slowly shifting toward a more activist majority. Black's incorporation theory has yet to prevail, but his libertarian ideas have. In a spate of recent decisions, the court has increasingly "federalized" state criminal-law procedures and raised them to Bill of Rights standards. In 1962, the court also tackled reapportionment, over Frankfurter's last despairing dissent that it was "a massive repudiation of the experience of our whole...
...Another landmark in Harvard hoop history will be passed tonight every time junior Keith Sedlacek scores a basket. Sedlacek established an all-time season scoring record of 458 points last Saturday, and should bloat that total against the Elis tonight. He will also become the first Crimson player ever to average more than 20 points in his a season...
...landmark decision after an other, the Supreme Court has been extending the constitutional rights of state criminal defendants. Such decisions frequently confront lower courts with two puzzling questions: Do they apply to all crimes? Do they apply retroactively to already convicted criminals...
Heavy rain had fallen during the night, but Sunday dawned crisp and clear for the dedication of the new brick Christian Union Baptist Church on the outskirts of Jackson, Miss. Nearly 400 people were on hand for the ceremony, which was a landmark in the religious history of the South. Christian Union, a Negro church set afire by white extremists last July, was rebuilt with the help of an interracial group of Mississippians who call themselves the Committee of Concern...
Wondering what "our brethren" in Alabama have concluded about the expanding consequences of the Supreme Court's landmark decision against school segregation, Columbia University Law Professor Marvin Frankel read straight through the 1954-64 issues of The Alabama Lawyer, official publication of the Alabama Bar Association...