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Sam J. Ervin, Jr. |
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"Resolution of
Censure"
(for Senator Joseph McCarthy) - Nov.
15, 1954 - Congressional Rec. |
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"The Civil
Rights Bill" Jun. 12, 1957 - extracts
from an address to the Suffolk Law School Assoc. |
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"Alexander Hamilton's Phantom"
Jun. 13, 1958 - to the American Bar Association |
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"Speech
Defending Law Enforcement Officials"
Aug. 19, 1958 - Congressional Rec. |
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"Our
Inheritance: An Indestructible Union of Indestructible States"
May 16, 1959 - Ded. Richmond National Battlefield
Park |
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"Shall
America's Birthright be Sold for Pottage?"
Dec. 11, 1959 - to
Georgia Bar Assoc. |
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"The Everlasting Things"
May 30, 1960 - to Converse College Commencement |
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"The
Religious Faith of Abraham Lincoln"
Apr. 18, 1961 - to the
Civil War Roundtable |
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"Law Day
Address at Pentagon"
May 1, 1961 |
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"Foreign Aid"
Aug. 8, 1961
- The Congressional Record |
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"The Role of
the Supreme Court as the Interpreter of the Constitution"
Jul. 1, 1961 - to the State Bar of South Dakota |
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"Senator Ervin
Supports The President's Stand On Berlin"
Jul. 27, 1961 - to the Senate |
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"Faith and Courage" Mar. 1,
1962 - 10th Annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast |
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"The Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty" Sept.
17, 1963 - Congressional Rec. |
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"Obedience to
Duty" Aug. 25, 1965 - Gettysburg, PA |
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"Supreme
Court's Miranda v. Arizona Decision" Aug. 29, 1966
- Congressional Rec. |
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"Prayer in
Public Schools" Sept. 20, 1966 - The Congressional
Rec. |
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"Eight Great North
Carolinians"
Jun. 17, 1969
(From a May 18, 1969 speech at Appalachian State
University) |
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"Address to the
Senate on the Proposal to Deploy the ABM"
Aug. 5, 1969 |
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"President Nixon's Executive Order Relating to the
Subversive Activities Control Board"
Sep. 22, 1971 |
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"Fear of the
First Amendment" Oct. 5, 1971 -
University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
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"Government and the Media"
Mar. 16, 1974 - Raleigh, NC |
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"Will Freedom of the Press Survive?"
Mar. 16, 1974 - Raleigh, NC |
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"Decision not to Seek Reelection in 1974"
Dec. 19, 1973 - The Congressional Record |
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"The Origin and Objective of the First Amendment"
Dec. 5, 1974 - Oklahoma Bar Assn. |
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"Excerpts From Address
Accepting the Congressional Distinguished Service
Award" Nov. 13, 1976 - to Former Members of
Congress |
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"My Gratitude to the University at Chapel
Hill" Jun. 20, 1980 - North Carolinian Society |
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"The Constitution and Freedom"
Apr. 30, 1982 - North Carolina State University |
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Writings by Senator
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. |
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Minority
Report to Accompany S83 (Proposed Civil Rights
Legislation) May 10, 1957 |
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Statement on Federal Aid to
Education June 20,
1961 |
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An
Amendment to Provide for a Judicial Determination of the
Constitutionality of Grants and Loans Under H.R. 6143 to Church-Owned,
Controlled, or Operated Universities and Colleges
- Oct. 11,
1963 |
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Federalism and Federal
Grants-In-Aid Apr. 1965 -
North Carolina Law Review |
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Religious
Freedom Sept. 29, 1966 - Sen. Sam Ervin Says
(Weekly Newspaper Column) |
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Views on Civil Rights Apr.
17, 1967 |
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Textile
Imports Nov. 29, 1967 - The Congressional
Rec. |
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The Role of
the Supreme Court: Policymaker or Abjudicator 1970 |
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The Gravel and Brewster Cases: An Assault on
Congressional Independence Feb. 1973 - The Virginia
Law Review |
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Confrontation at the Watergate
Oct. 3, 1973 - from The Congressional Record |
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President Nixon and Impeachable Offenses
Apr. 11, 1974 |
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Ford's Pardon of Nixon Sep.
9, 1974 - from The Congressional Record |
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The Role of the Lawyer in America Fall,
1975 - New England Law Review |
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Duties of the Citizen, the Lawyer, and the Judge
1976 |
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What a Father Ought to Say to His Children
May 22, 1979 |
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Judicial Verbicide Nov.
1980 |
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The Battle of
King's Mountain: An Appraisal of Its Historical Significance
Nov. 12, 1980 - The Congressional Rec. |
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The Voting Rights Act 1982 -
The Cumberland Law Review |
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Humor, Wise and Otherwise
Spring 1982 - North Carolina Historical Review |
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The Exclusionary Rule (of the
4th Amendment) 1983 - The Supreme Court Review |
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The
Constitution and Religion
Summer
1983 - Pub. in Free Inquiry |
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Tuition Tax Credits (Letter to
Ronald Reagan) July 28, 1983 - The Congressional Rec. |
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Preventive
Detention, A Species of Lydford Law
Nov. 1983 - George Washington Law Rev. |
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Civil Rights
and Constitutional Wrongs
Winter 1983 -
Modern Age |
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Watergate
Jul. 30, 1984 |
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Letter to President Reagan Concerning Separation
of Church and State 1985 |
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The First Amendment Stands in Peril
Feb. 1985 - Church and State |
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The Genocide Convention: Should it be Ratified?
Mar. 18, 1985 - The Congressional Rec. |
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Why I Believe in the 1st Amendment
Nov./Dec. 1985 - Liberty |
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The Power of
the Congress Under the Constitution to Define, Limit, or Curtail the
Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Jurisdiction of the
Federal Courts Inferior to It |
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Our Heritage - A Blessing and an Obligation |
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Balanced
Federal Budget Amendment |
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Personal Observations on Watergate |
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The
Bicentennial of the United States |
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Privacy and
the Constitution |
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Federal Tax
Aid to Parochial Schools is Both Unconstitutional and Unwise |
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Integrity in the Political Process |
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Various Quotations |
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The Democratic Party |
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A Meditation on Old Age |
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