The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-04-23

NNN"'i''N" Ohl Last N'Vh'
lBeing the third of a series OF
papers prepared by a committee Tor
use o. the Maui ona suffrage AS
soclaiIonD
The judicial Department
Inc JUDICIAL department OF the
tHlttd states government decides
Nh'lher the Jaws WhIch congress- the
LEGISLATIVE Department, makes are
according to the letter and spirit OF
lh' constitution. II these laws are
~;tcc"lulns TO the letter ana spirit oil
me CONSTITUTION Jhey become Ihe laws
OF the nation. IL lhey are not Jheh
they cannot become real laws
u supreme court OIL the OulJeu
states Is the hlghesi court. II meets
IN Washington, u. e., from OcloDer
10 Jul! OIL each year. Inc supreme
court consists OF a Nhlel JuSllce ana
'lghj associate Justices, SIN Oh WHOM
hluS' h' present AT the IIial ul d Casc'
hach Justice mas one \oJ" ana I
majority is required 10 IeHu'r an
opinion d Nhltl justice preslues
over the court ana mas only one vote
lA inc decision OF a case.
% greatest uulN Oh the supreme
Court Is TO defend the constitution
ana TO interpret the laws, nhulhs OUT
whether or not the laws are accord
ing 10 the letter ana spirit Oh the
constitution supreme court mas
bccn called the GUARDIAN Oh JHe Ooh-
sjlullon.
Congress is constantly making new
laws. The supreme Court does not
decide whether a new Ia" Is accord
ing to the letter and spirit OF the Con
suiuuon until some case Is brought 10
test the le-aIII\ or ohstliullonaIuy ol
the law IN question. AFTER the case
has been argued, If a majority OF the
justices OF the supreme court declde
mat the law Is according TO the letter
and slfrit OF the Constitution It STANDS
established as a law OF the nd' II
the supreme Court decides that a law
is not according to the letter
spirit OF the Constitution, TINS Court
has the power 10 declare the law Vold'
me supreme court also declues WnaI
the law really IS. II a person thlhks
mat ne has been injured by Ihe way
a law mas been enforced ne brings
SUIT II then the Court decldes Whe-
Their ms law carries the letIer
and spirit OF the constitution Nhen
the court decides a case Ineh the
people VINO are concerned III the case
and the rest Of the nation must obey
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