Nomination of Robert H. Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on Nomination of R.H. Jackson...June 21-30, 1941

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Сторінка 56 - A libel as .applicable to individuals has been well defined to be a malicious publication expressed in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending to blacken the memory of one dead or the reputation of one alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, 2 Kents
Сторінка 14 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, with intent to be enlisted or entered...
Сторінка 27 - In a democracy, an important function of the law-enforcement branch of government is the aggressive protection of the fundamental rights inherent in a free people. In America these guaranties are contained in express provisions of the Constitution and in acts of Congress. It is the purpose of the Department of Justice to pursue a program of vigilant action in the prosecution of infringements of these rights.
Сторінка 27 - The order creating this31 described its functions as follows: ... to make a study of the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and Acts of Congress relating to civil rights with reference to present conditions, to make appropriate recommendations in respect thereto, and to direct, supervise, and conduct prosecutions of violations of the provisions of the Constitution or Acts of Congress guaranteeing civil rights.
Сторінка 14 - ... 3. Hiring or retaining another person to enlist or enter himself in the service of either of the said belligerents as a soldier, or as a marine, or seaman on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer. 4. Hiring another person to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted as aforesaid.
Сторінка 56 - E. Tydings, United States Senate, Washington, DC MY DEAR SENATOR TYDINGS: I have carefully considered your demand that this Department prosecute a criminal libel case against Messrs.
Сторінка 14 - Act in reference to the expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad," by taking, since August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, an oath of allegiance to any foreign State engaged in war with a country with which the United States is at war, and who took such oath in order to...
Сторінка 14 - That this section shall not apply to citizens or subjects of any country engaged in war with a country with which the United States is at war, unless...
Сторінка 17 - The Attorney General or any officer of the Department of Justice, or any attorney or counselor specially appointed by the Attorney General under any provision of law, may, when thereunto specifically directed by the Attorney General, conduct any kind of legal proceeding, civil or criminal, including grand jury proceedings and proceedings before committing magistrates, which district attorneys may be by law authorized to conduct, whether or not he or they be residents of the district in which such...

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