The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-02-03
ERWIN STANLEY WINS WEEKLY
EIGHTH GRADE ESSAY CONTEST

EIGHTH GRADE ESSAY CONTEST
Students Of the eighth grade city
schools will write a contest essay or
story for the columns of the Courier
each week, the prize winning essay,
being published each week after the
awards are made. Erwin Stanley won
the prize this week, the subject being
"The United States Supreme Court"
The topic was given out after a study
of the judicial department in civics
and the essays were written in class
the next day without notes.
The U. S. Supreme Court
The most important principle of our
nation in law. Our executive heads
and departments are guided by law.
Our important federal officers do
their duty with n eye ever upon it.
Our nations progress depends upon
law.
Our constitution provides for the
Supreme court, which is the highest
tribunal of our nation.
Our Supreme court consists Of nine
members. In the courtroom the chief
justice has four associate justices
arranged on both sides of him.
The chief justice is appointed by
the president and holds his office DUR
ing good behavior, which is usually
for life although the constitution says
that if the chief justice has held office
for ten years and has arrived at the
age of seventy, he may voluntarily
retire, and he receives his pay during
the remainder of his life.
When the Supreme court of the
United States originated we had hot
discussions as to whether the associate
justices and the chief justice shoult
wear, while in court, the gown Of
scholar, a priest, or a wig and ca
including the gown. The affair fin
ally ended up however that a gov
should be worn only.
If you should go to the court yo'
would see a string of gowned mel
file out of the dressing room, and q
into the court room, headed by thu
marshal, who would exclaim, "Tht
Honorable, the Chief Justice of thu
United States Supreme Court" Their
the Judge would bow to the layers
and the lawyers would bow to thu
judges and they would all be seated
The associate justice that had hele
office longest, would sit nearest tn
chief justice, on his right hand. TIL,
next associate justice, that had he'll,
office next longest, would sit ear
him on his left hand, and so on.
The crier would then exclaim
"Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having
business with the Honorable, the Su
preme court of the United States, ar
} admonished to draw near and Civ
their attendance, as the court is nov
sitting. God ave the United State
J and this honorable court"
The lawyers, when making thei
speeches, omit all unnecessary word
and make their speeches as brief a
possible.
), During Buchanan's administratio:
as president, Roger B. fancy, who wa
then our chief justice, made wha
seemed a very cruel decision to mos
of humanity-known as 1.-THE Ore
Scott decision, which made it posi-
j., BILE for a slave owner to still retail
as a slave one who had been on fire
soil. This brought about the emit
of the Northern states and started tn
abolition party. Three years later tn
. civil war broke out.
: Roger B. fancy was appointed a
chief justice in 1885. He held offic
for twenty-eight years and it is sal
! that he would have been as great
2 justice as John Marshall himself, br
for the bred Scott decision.
The Supreme court does not cor
4 slider all cases, but cases only arisin
from the enforcement of a feders
law, dispute between citizens of dit
r ferent states, when the case involve
a sum of money not less than $1,000
it will also try cases of ambassado,
, and other cases where no state is cor
cerned in particular.
The Supreme court holds it's Sc.
, sions at Washington, D. C. it open
court at moo and doesn't adjourn ur
1ta four O'Clock. It holds court fiy
days in the week from October ii
, July. The judges meet every Satu1
:. day in council to discuss importar
matters of the court.