August 12, 1964
Event Details
Date: August 12, 1964
Summary: Robert F. Kennedy’s office files a motion seeking a court order holding Maddox in contempt of court for continuing to disobey the law by refusing entry to the ministers. The government and ministers’ lawyers file new legal documents in response to Maddox’s blockade, presenting it as additional evidence of his contempt of court.
Quotations
“And I know this court will follow the motto over the Supreme Court of Georgia’s bench which says in Latin, when translated, ‘Let justice be done though the heavens may fall.’ And I know this court, if it agrees with our legal interpretation, will do that in spite of the consequences which could arise out of such a decision.”
Greene, Ronnie. Heart of Atlanta: Five Black Pastors and the Supreme Court Victory for Integration (pp. 101-102). Chicago Review Press. Kindle Edition.