Henry W. Sawyer

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亨利·华盛顿·索耶三世(英語:Henry Washington Sawyer III,1918年12月23日-1999年7月31日)是生于費城的美国律师、民权活动家和政治家,曾于第二次世界大战期间在美國海軍服役。索耶退伍后返回宾夕法尼亚大学法学院就读,之后成为企业律师,以倡导公民自由、特别是第一修正案权利闻名。索耶通过“阿宾顿学区诉谢默普案”和“莱蒙诉库尔茨曼案”两度走上美国最高法院辩论并胜诉,这两起案件至今仍是第一修正案的判例基石。 索耶本是共和党人,但因对费城共和党的腐败深感失望转投民主党怀抱。20世纪60年代非裔美国人民权运动期间,他在费城和南部推动民权事业,先后把、警察总监和市长告上法庭,被杂志称为市长的十大劲敌之一后还为此深感自豪。他曾在任职四年,推动立法增加该市的公共美术预算。 rdf:langString
Henry Washington Sawyer III (December 23, 1918 – July 31, 1999) was an American lawyer, civil rights activist and politician. Born in Philadelphia, he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, afterwards returning to the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Sawyer worked as a corporate lawyer but is best known for his advocacy of civil liberties, especially in First Amendment cases. In Abington School District v. Schempp and Lemon v. Kurtzman, he successfully argued cases on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union before the Supreme Court of the United States that became the basis for all modern Establishment Clause jurisprudence. Sawyer also pursued civil rights causes in Philadelphia and in the South during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Originally a Republican, he was ele rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Henry Washington Sawyer III (December 23, 1918 – July 31, 1999) was an American lawyer, civil rights activist and politician. Born in Philadelphia, he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, afterwards returning to the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Sawyer worked as a corporate lawyer but is best known for his advocacy of civil liberties, especially in First Amendment cases. In Abington School District v. Schempp and Lemon v. Kurtzman, he successfully argued cases on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union before the Supreme Court of the United States that became the basis for all modern Establishment Clause jurisprudence. Sawyer also pursued civil rights causes in Philadelphia and in the South during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Originally a Republican, he was elected as a Democrat to serve a four-year term on the Philadelphia City Council, where he worked for civil service reform and to increase the amount of public art in the city.
rdf:langString 亨利·华盛顿·索耶三世(英語:Henry Washington Sawyer III,1918年12月23日-1999年7月31日)是生于費城的美国律师、民权活动家和政治家,曾于第二次世界大战期间在美國海軍服役。索耶退伍后返回宾夕法尼亚大学法学院就读,之后成为企业律师,以倡导公民自由、特别是第一修正案权利闻名。索耶通过“阿宾顿学区诉谢默普案”和“莱蒙诉库尔茨曼案”两度走上美国最高法院辩论并胜诉,这两起案件至今仍是第一修正案的判例基石。 索耶本是共和党人,但因对费城共和党的腐败深感失望转投民主党怀抱。20世纪60年代非裔美国人民权运动期间,他在费城和南部推动民权事业,先后把、警察总监和市长告上法庭,被杂志称为市长的十大劲敌之一后还为此深感自豪。他曾在任职四年,推动立法增加该市的公共美术预算。
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