It's a fine, if simple, argument that James Solomon's screenplay makes, envisioning
an entire military court proceeding as political theater — to show those in the North that they mean business about unity and to scare those in the South who might have similar bloody thoughts.
Not exact matches
The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World
Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate
military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory
military training in state - supported educational institutions other than
military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our
entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).
Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia and volunteer detachments, the evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the
entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books and toys, comments by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons and the gunpowder to practice),
court records, and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that
military prowess was not, in fact, characteristic of early Americans.
Deborah — prophet, judge, national leader (Judges 4 - 5)[McKnight says, «if we ask what did women do, and we ask this question of Deborah, we learn that women could speak for God as a prophet, render decisions n a law
court as a judge, exercise leadership over the
entire spiritual - social Israel, and be a
military commander who brought Israel to victory.»
If you or your loved one is facing a
court - martial, Mr. Cassara is well versed in the Uniformed Code of
Military Justice, and has been defending service members around the world his
entire career.