The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-09-30
LAWYERS OF THE STATE
FAVOR FIVE JUSTICES
DECLARE COURT oVERWoRKED
decisions ARE DELAY
ED TWO YEARS.

(The following article on the pro-
posed constitutional amendment which
will increase the size of the Idaho SUI
preme court and practically double its
expense was prepared by a represen-
tative of the Idaho Bar association
and purports to reflect the sentiment
of that group of professional menu
Are you interested in your courts
of justice?
DO you believe that justice should
be dispensed speedily and without de-
lay?
DO you realize that the highest ap-
pellate court in Idaho is so over-work-
ed that it takes more than two years
before an appeal to that court can be
heard in its regular order?
DO you realize that the three JUS
tees of our supreme court are over
worked?
You will have an opportunity to an
swer these questions when you vote
upon the constitutional amendment
increasing the number of justices of
the supreme court by two thereby
giving us five judges instead of three
There is no politics i'm the amend
ment Both the democratic and re-
publican parties in Idaho have declar-
ed in favor of the change. They did
this at their recent conventions. Eff
cient men have been nominated by
both political parties as candidates /
for these provisional judgeships
State Growth Rapid.
The efafa of Idaho hoe 1870 q, T1.,r,
ways in the last few years and while /
three judges could take care Of the
work when they were originally pro-
vided for, the citizens of the state are
asking too much of them at this time.
Back in 1912 two justices of the SUI
preme court made ready disposition
of appeals to that court At that time
our appellate court was not called up
on to decide complex questions involv-
ing irrigation, drainage and mining
laws. As a matter of fact. the SUI
preme court of Idaho is largely MAX
ing law for the United States in ir-
rigation matters. 1t might be said ,
they are blazing the trail
1t is fair to assume that if the court
can not keep up with it's work it could
do better work with it's responsibility
shared by five judges, rather than T.
three
1t was never the theory of the
trainers of our constitution that the
justices of our supreme court should =,
he overworked. They sit upon that :
court largely for the honor and glory y
OF going down into posterity as men n
who have given the proper interpreta- +,
tion to our growingly complex legal O.
problems. They are poorly paid for %
this great responsibility but they do ,,
not complain. As a matter of fact the >,
present Justices of our supreme court A
have too much good taste 10 complain In.
now. But the fact of the matter is the n
court can not keep mp with its work. ~
273 Cases Pending NJ
on August 10, 1920. there were 22s er
criminal cases pending on appeal. ma G,
King a total of 27S cases pending and p
lndisposed Of This is an unhappy II
condition for litigants Iii
The additional expense TO tine state
ntailed by two additional supreme
curt justices is small when compared
O the benefits that will accrue by an r,
Increase in the membership of that
curt. That expense is so small that
viii hardly be noticeable on the tax ri
ills. ~,
Litigants are entitled to fair and w,
IMPARTIAL trials freely without sale" T.
fully without denial" and speedily IA,
'ithout delay" The judges of the SUI an
RENE court constantly work overtime re
hat Justice may be done speedily and Ca
.ithout delay but in spite of that fact 7.
here is a delay of more than two w
ears involved in every appeal to the an
lpreme court of this state. because Ior
lch appeals can not be more readily na
sposed Of mo-
What's the matter, Mr.. Citizen? lal
You have an opportunity TO give the ert
lswer in no unmistakable terms on nr,
ovember 4 by marking you ballot co,
res" for the amendment i'm question the