American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Federal Rules of Evidence (December 12, 1975) amended, in Article VIII on Hearsay, declare that records contained in a Family Bible, (ie. birthdays, marriages, children, etc.), are considered so trustworthy and reliable as to be a formal exception to the Evidence Rule against Hearsay, and are thereby admissible as evidence: <Rule 803 Hearsay Exceptions; Availability of Declarant Immaterial (13).1 Family Records. Statements of fact concerning personal or family history contained in family Bibles...> 1975US001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1975US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Federal Rules of...

Tennessee Supreme Court (1975) in the case of Swann v. Pack, 527 S.W. 2d 99, 101 (Sup. Ct. Tn. 1975), asserted: <The scales are always weighted in favor of free exercise of religion, and the State's interest must be compelling, it must be substantial, and the danger must be clear and present and so grave as to endanger paramount public interests before the state can interfere with the free exercise of religion.> 1975TN001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1975TN001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Tennessee Supreme Court, 1975....

United States Supreme Court (1973) in the case of Anderson v. Salt Lake City Corp, 475 F. 2d 29, 33, 34 (10th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 879, stated: <But this creed does not include any element of coercion concerning these beliefs unless one considers it coercive to look upon the Ten Commandments. Although they are in plain view, no one is required to read or recite them. It does not seem reasonable to require removal of a passive monument, involving no compulsion, because its accepted precepts, as a foundation for law, reflect the religious nature of an ancient...

Delta Airlines (1972) published a "Christmas Message" in its December issue of Delta Digest, a monthly publication by the Public Relations Department of Delta Air Lines: <To All Members of the Delta Family As we celebrate the birth of Christ during this Christmas Season, we are also honoring the way of life that He taught the world. His doctrines with their unquestioned truths and integrity provide the basic rules governing man's ideal behavior. It is when these principles are forgotten or ignored that we must substitute complicated laws to govern our relationships with one another and appear in court to settle...

Mississippi Penal Code (1972) as Amended SEC. 97-29-47. Profanity or drunkenness in public place: <If any person shall profanely swear or curse, or use vulgar and indecent language, or be drunk in any public place, in the presence of two (2) or more persons, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days or both.> 1972MS001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1972MS001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Mississippi Penal Code,...