Civil Rights: A Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate |
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... considering whether a cause of action should be implied by the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures : [ T ] he question appears to be how Fourth Amendment interests rank on a scale of social values ...
... considering whether a cause of action should be implied by the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures : [ T ] he question appears to be how Fourth Amendment interests rank on a scale of social values ...
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... consider the validity of this premise in order to reject the result which appellee seeks . Even assuming , argu- endo , that litigants are entitled to a federal forum for the resolution of all federal issues , that entitlement is most ...
... consider the validity of this premise in order to reject the result which appellee seeks . Even assuming , argu- endo , that litigants are entitled to a federal forum for the resolution of all federal issues , that entitlement is most ...
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... consider- ations of Younger v . Harris applicable , and Federal jurisdiction inappropriate . The likely consequence of this decision is encourage- ment of State court prosecutions once a Federal action has been filed . See also Doran v ...
... consider- ations of Younger v . Harris applicable , and Federal jurisdiction inappropriate . The likely consequence of this decision is encourage- ment of State court prosecutions once a Federal action has been filed . See also Doran v ...
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... consider certain kinds of wrongs . 1. In Rizzo v . Goode , 96 S. Ct . 598 ( Jan. 12 , 1976 ) , the Federal dis- trict court found that public officials in Philadelphia had steadily refused to do anything to stop a pattern of police ...
... consider certain kinds of wrongs . 1. In Rizzo v . Goode , 96 S. Ct . 598 ( Jan. 12 , 1976 ) , the Federal dis- trict court found that public officials in Philadelphia had steadily refused to do anything to stop a pattern of police ...
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... Consider first that the economic history of American Blacks in this country began with all but a microscopically small number of them providing their labor with zero return to them- selves and with no rights , either as workers or human ...
... Consider first that the economic history of American Blacks in this country began with all but a microscopically small number of them providing their labor with zero return to them- selves and with no rights , either as workers or human ...
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Page 242 - The Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.
Page 70 - Employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training; Including apprenticeship. The Contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause.
Page 180 - On the other hand, the interpretive guidelines published by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 19/70, 35 Fed.
Page 138 - The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people...
Page 10 - An objection to transportation of students may have validity when the time or distance of travel is so great as to risk either the health of the children or significantly impinge on the educational process.
Page 207 - The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion...
Page 138 - ... the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family...
Page 235 - The Court holds that the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in these cases constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Page 38 - While we have in a number of our prior cases pointed out the frequently drastic effect of the "stigma" which may result from defamation by the government in a variety of contexts, this line of cases does not establish the proposition that reputation alone, apart from some more tangible interests such as employment, is either "liberty" or "property" by itself sufficient to invoke the procedural protection of the Due Process Clause.
Page 264 - Punishments are cruel when they involve torture or a lingering death ; but the punishment of death is not cruel, within the meaning of that word as used in the Constitution. It implies there something inhuman and barbarous, something more than the mere extinguishment of life.