Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960092013

Lawyers must have been particularly unpopular in 1921. Numerous amendments to prohibit polygamy were introduced in the 19th century. In 1911. it was thought that a constitutional amendment was the only way to empower Congress to protect migratory birds. and in 1923 someone thought that the way to regulate the flow of immigrants to this country was to do away with naturalized citizenships. While the busing issue can not and should not be taken lightly neither can the purpose and meaning of the Constitution. The late Yale Law School Professor Alexander Bickel put it this way in 1972: A constitutional amendment dealing with busing would be preposterously out of place in comparison with the momentous structural and substantive provisions with which the rest of our constitution. after a fashion proper to a constitution. was written to deal ...
Keywords matched
immigrants naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS DOWNEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
960092013
Paragraph
#0
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