A few such doctrinal decisions, as barefaced as that of the Cohens," may so arouse certain powerful States as to check the march of Nationalism.
Albert Beveridge: “A few such doctrinal decisions, as barefaced as that of the Cohens," may so arouse certain powerful States as to check…”
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Beveridge warns that certain judicial decisions could provoke strong reactions from states against nationalism.
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