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Supreme Court Again Alain Petitioned To Halt Bombing WASHINGTON UP U PI P I Their case dramatized by an errant US U.S. bombing run that killed hundreds of civilians lawyers for a New York congresswoman returned to the Supreme Court Monday in another effort to win winan an immediate halt of the bombing in Cambodia Attorneys representing Rep Elizabeth Holtzman D and four Air Force officers filed a motion asking Justice Thurgood Marshall to refer reer the matter to the entire nine-man nine court instead of deciding it himself They also asked him to lift a stay he imposed on an bombing anti order obtained from Justice William O. O Dou Dou- glas There ere was no immediate indication what action the court would take if any The court is in the middle of a summer recess The Congress recently passed a measure ordering a halt inthe in inthe inthe the Cambodian bombing Aug 15 15 and President Nixon has promised premised to abide by that deadline Holtzman said Marshall vi vi- violated violated violated the Supreme Courts Court's own rules Saturday when he issued the stay only only six hours after Douglas ordered a halt to the bombing Marshall lI said he consulted with the other jus jus- justices justices justices tices before he stayed Douglas' Douglas order Under UDder these rules only a quorum of the Supreme Court and not a single justice can overturn another justices justice's rul rul- ruling ruling ruling ing which grants to an applicant the relief requested n she said A Supreme Court quorum is six justices Douglas issued his order from his vacation retreat in Washing Washing- W Washington shing ton state when Rep Rei Holtzman's lawyers took the case to t him They asked him bum to overturn Marshalls Marshall's original order last week which upheld a US U.S. Court of Appeals stay of of the anti anti- bombing order x The original bombing anti injunction was issued July 25 by District Court Judge Orrin Judd in Brooklyn NY Douglas said Mid he issued an bombing anti order because failure to do ao so would catapult our airmen as' as as well as the Cambodian peasants into the death zone It Rep Holtzman recalled this Ibis statement after Cambodian Air Force sources reported that United States planes accidental accidental- accidentally ly bombed the Mekong River Rivertown Rivertown Rivertown town of Neak Luong Monday inflicting more than casual- casual casualties casualties casualties ties on the swollen refugee-swollen populace Today we have seen seem those grim consequences she saki s I. I Had Justice Douglas' Douglas order remained in effect innocent people would not have died It Itis Itis Itis is tragic that these lives have been lost in an illegal and unconstitutional war It is doubly so because Saturdays Saturday's injunction would have saved those lives The Pentagon had declined Saturday to interrupt its bombing in Cambodia during the six hours Douglas' Douglas order remained In 10 effect It said saki it did so 90 because the case had not cot been resolved finally by the court
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| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1973-08-07 |
| Description | 65th Year, No. 275 |
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Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
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| Date.Search | 1973-08-07 |
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| Title | Columbia Missourian 1973-08-07 Supreme Court Again Petitioned to Halt Bombing |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1973-08-07 |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| Item.Transcript | Supreme Court Again Alain Petitioned To Halt Bombing WASHINGTON UP U PI P I Their case dramatized by an errant US U.S. bombing run that killed hundreds of civilians lawyers for a New York congresswoman returned to the Supreme Court Monday in another effort to win winan an immediate halt of the bombing in Cambodia Attorneys representing Rep Elizabeth Holtzman D and four Air Force officers filed a motion asking Justice Thurgood Marshall to refer reer the matter to the entire nine-man nine court instead of deciding it himself They also asked him to lift a stay he imposed on an bombing anti order obtained from Justice William O. O Dou Dou- glas There ere was no immediate indication what action the court would take if any The court is in the middle of a summer recess The Congress recently passed a measure ordering a halt inthe in inthe inthe the Cambodian bombing Aug 15 15 and President Nixon has promised premised to abide by that deadline Holtzman said Marshall vi vi- violated violated violated the Supreme Courts Court's own rules Saturday when he issued the stay only only six hours after Douglas ordered a halt to the bombing Marshall lI said he consulted with the other jus jus- justices justices justices tices before he stayed Douglas' Douglas order Under UDder these rules only a quorum of the Supreme Court and not a single justice can overturn another justices justice's rul rul- ruling ruling ruling ing which grants to an applicant the relief requested n she said A Supreme Court quorum is six justices Douglas issued his order from his vacation retreat in Washing Washing- W Washington shing ton state when Rep Rei Holtzman's lawyers took the case to t him They asked him bum to overturn Marshalls Marshall's original order last week which upheld a US U.S. Court of Appeals stay of of the anti anti- bombing order x The original bombing anti injunction was issued July 25 by District Court Judge Orrin Judd in Brooklyn NY Douglas said Mid he issued an bombing anti order because failure to do ao so would catapult our airmen as' as as well as the Cambodian peasants into the death zone It Rep Holtzman recalled this Ibis statement after Cambodian Air Force sources reported that United States planes accidental accidental- accidentally ly bombed the Mekong River Rivertown Rivertown Rivertown town of Neak Luong Monday inflicting more than casual- casual casualties casualties casualties ties on the swollen refugee-swollen populace Today we have seen seem those grim consequences she saki s I. I Had Justice Douglas' Douglas order remained in effect innocent people would not have died It Itis Itis Itis is tragic that these lives have been lost in an illegal and unconstitutional war It is doubly so because Saturdays Saturday's injunction would have saved those lives The Pentagon had declined Saturday to interrupt its bombing in Cambodia during the six hours Douglas' Douglas order remained In 10 effect It said saki it did so 90 because the case had not cot been resolved finally by the court |
