IRS Power Questioned In School's Tax Case
A Supreme Court dispute questions federal tax power over social policy as the IRS seeks to ban tax exemptions for racially biased private schools like Bob Jones University. Justices discuss whether denial of tax breaks could extend to other discriminatory groups and how policy fits with equality protections.
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Greenville
Bob Jones Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Denies Death Row Appeals in Six States
The U S Supreme Court denied appeals by condemned killer Horace Butler of Adams Run and five other death row inmates in a 7 2 vote. Butler’s murder conviction and death sentence for Pamela Lane’s 1980 slaying in Charleston County stand, with execution dates pending further appeals.
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Supreme Court
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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Texas
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Charleston
Pamela Lane
South Carolina Supreme Court
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South Carolina
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Dillard
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Lane
Witness Takes Stand Against Rep. Mitchell
The government main witness in state Rep. Theo Mitchell's case testifies amid talk of bugged meetings and secret deals. A bundle of food stamps worth over 5000 dollars linked to a July 14 meeting with Joe Willis is central to the dispute as Mitchell faces four counts of illegally accepting stamps. Willis, a Fountain Inn dealer, is the first witness and is described as instrumental to the prosecution’s case.
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Black Bob Jones student silent on interracial dating ban
Arthur Williams, a five year Bob Jones University student, testified outside the Supreme Court that he does not date interracially while supporting his school's dating and marriage policy. Williams, student body president Jim Snyder and others defended BJU as the court case drew a packed courtroom and civil rights critics criticized the policy.
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