The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-11-18
PLOT AGAINST CONSTITUTION

Alarmists are everywhere and it is
nine times out of ten the best plan
to forget the stories of plots to I'M
dermine the constitution of the Unit
ed States. Nowhere is there any de-
Tense of the partisan who protests SO
wildly when some amendment OF
clause of the constitution is discussed
the constitution is a human made
article and subject to the errors that
men are continually making, and was
originally intended to be changed
when the people of the country de-
sired changes. That an amendment
has been made does not render the
provision immune from criticism OF
attack. If the country should decide
to change and rescind an amendment
made hundred years ago or yester-
day there is nothing un-American
about the proposition.
But there is a movement under way
without having yet attained great
attention, to uproot and destroy the
constitution. Propaganda is being
subtly spread to gain favor for plan
that would reverse the system of SUI
preme court review and give congress
the power, with a simple majority, to
override any decision by the judicial
body. Destroying the powers of the
supreme court would mean the des-
truction of the constitution, for the
supreme court is now the final judge
of constitutional authority and with
it's power gone the constitution would
amount to little more than a declar-
alton of principles which need not be
considered by congress.
Referring to the underground meth
DDS being employed by propagandists
to further this attack upon the fun
damentals of government the New
York Journal of Commerce recently
said:
There can be no better illustra-
ton of such a danger than the
current attempt to change by
amendment the United States
Constitution so that the supreme
court shall be deprived of judi
ella review of congressional leg
islation. In other words, con-
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pass any act over an adverse de-
cision of the court by mere
two-thirds majority at most or,
according to the views of others,
by mere majority vote. This
change goes to the bottom of the
theories upon wheih our govern
ment was formed-that we must
be a self restrained democracy,
with constitutional provisions to
restrict our citizens from acting
too much in hurry. While there
is nothing on earth that can pre-
vent our people putting any con-
| ceivable sort of a provision in
the Constitution, yet they must
take enough time in order that
they may be entirely aware of
just what they are doing. Their
-osvereign power is not restrained
except by their own self-imposed
methods of procedure. All this
would be swept away by the pro-
posed changes. 1t has been found
by interests in this country that
certain kinds of propaganda and
pressure, judiciously and cleverly
imposed upon weak and plant
congressman, will produce the
results" desired. For the most
! part, the restraining influence of
| our courts has prevented these
results" from being completely
subversive of our legal and eco
| nomic institutions, therefore the
! thing to do is to deprive the
| courts of their power. That these
interests, mainly those of radical
| labor whose policies are anything
but those of the traditional Amer
lean type, are actively in process
of working through their own sell
gsh schemes is shown by the fact
that there are fifty-three nomi-
nees for the house Of representa-
tives at the election on November
who are openly favorable toS
the new amendment. &
The radical socialist and labor par
ty has not scored successes in the re-
cent election, but it is always at work
trying to sap the life of the country
and destroy its safety and succession,