The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-19

The United States Supreme Court is the most powerful judiciary in all the world. In no other country is there judicial oligarchy respons- ible to no other power save them- selves. In no other country can the judiciary so subject legislative ac- tion to review upon any basis, ana nullify it where 1t is deemed it should be nullified as does the United' States Supreme Court for constitutional reasons. In no other country could the judiciary assume executive and legislative functions as reading into the acts of the le- gislative body and qualifying their enforcement by such a theory as the rule of reason.
 This most powerful oligarchy has curbed the popular power to such an extent that the power is really so limited as to be negligible in cer- tain cases, and although Dooley shrewdly observed that the Supreme Court followed the elections and re- fiected the popular mandate therein expressed, it is only true as far as unimportant matters arc conccrnd.
 Now given such a body with un- qualified and unlimited power, res ponsible to no legislative body and remote from any democratic control, it is quite obvious that if certain interests can control that body by having men appointel thereto with their class interests do- minating their minds and their lega, views, such interest will control the national legislation,
 That such is the case no one can doubt, and it is for this very reason that there is such an extraordinary effort made to keep Brandes out of the position to which he YVES named by the President.
 After a justice is confirmed, con trol can be exercised over him no longer, and for that reason and be- cause Brandeis ij accepted as progressive and a roformor". the efforts of privilege to keep him of the bench are now being even osten- tatiously displayed,
 The powers that have economic control in the United States gre not for one instant in doubt as to where the center of government control ex- ists. The Supreme Conrt is the bu;- wark that may dcry rc-Iac con- gress and radical president. The right to review legislative actc which the Court has assumed for itGeif may annual any legislation of will it may annul any Legislation cI a, popular character. The interests know that, and they will go to al- most any lengths to prevent any radical however moderate may be his radicalism, in getting 8 seat on the Supreme Bench.
 It may not be generally known that the in8istence of populer con troI over it's Supreme Judges cost the Transvaal republic its independ. ence. But that is fact And it is a fact that is now somewhat seldom. dwelt upon. But away back in the later nineties, certain district was declared public gold fields. That gave those who had right to stake claims also a right to locate ground in that district. Among those who acquired such right and staked such claims was an American.
 For reasons which need not be entered into, the stcte revoked its proclamation as to the district being public gold fields, and thus nega- tived the stalking that had taken place. The American who had claims in the district instituted an action for demages in which he was sup- taincd by Judge Kotze then supreme justice. Tho decision of Kotzc was subjected to review by the executive aud nullifed; tho Volksraad after wards uphOlding President Kruger in his action. and subjecting all court decisions to supervision ana review, confirmation or reversal by the Volksraad.
 Thercupon all the interests in the goIdfelds rose in union protesting against this invasion of the court which should be inviolate and superior to the legislative body.