 | Law - 1903 - 658 pages
...that the rule deprived him of free speech. Judge Holmes stated the entire and sufficient answer thus: "The petitioner may have a constitutional right to...he has no constitutional right to be a policeman." Perhaps judicial traditions demanded the elaboration which followed, but there was nothing more to... | |
 | Law - 1892 - 656 pages
...opinions. Judge Holmes, in giving the opinion of the full court (Massachusetts Supreme), said : " A person may have a constitutional right to talk politics,...he has no constitutional right to be. a policeman." — To-tiny. EVERY good detective has to some extent his own way of working, which is varied, of course,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 696 pages
...this rule as a condition to the office of policeman, and making it part of the good conduct required. The petitioner may have a constitutional right to...he has no constitutional right to be a policeman. There are few employments for hke in which the servant does not agree to suspend his constitutional... | |
 | William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 760 pages
...special stress is laid upon the language of the judge in the opinion: Owens v. Board of Education. "Petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk...he has no constitutional right to be a policeman. There are few employments for hire in which the servant does not agree to suspend his constitutional... | |
 | Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization, Ohio - Administrative law - 1917 - 1056 pages
...prohibiting the solicitation of money or any aid on any pretense, for any political purpose whatever, said : "The petitioner may have a constitutional right to...he has no constitutional right to be a policeman. There are few employments for hire in which the servant does not agree to suspend his constitutional... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1947 - 948 pages
...McAuliffe's contention that the rule invaded his right to express his political opinion with the epigram, "The petitioner may have a constitutional right to...he has no constitutional right to be a policeman." McAuliffe v. New Bedford, 155 Mass. 216, 220, 29 NE 517. 35 Several states have similar provisions.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities - 1948 - 514 pages
...case, which involved a proceeding to restore the petitioner to the office of policeman in New Bedford: The petitioner may have a constitutional right to...he has no constitutional right to be a policeman. Due consideration ought to be given to the Naturalization Code, title 8 USCA, section 705 et seq, which... | |
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The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be a policeman. 
