Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-26

The phrase, "the laws delay" prom
ises to lose some of It's significance in
America through the unprecedented
swiftness with which the present Su-
preme Court Of the United States. un-
der Chief Justice Taft, is clearing its
dockets.
while In some OF the lower courts
an absolutely clear docket may not be
unvaryingly In the interest of justice.
the example set by the highest court
In the land is q challenge to all courts
not To put of until tomorrow what
ought to be done today" Is the COM
ment of the Binghamton Press, WINE
the Manchester Union remarks nat
sit looks like a case OF reform oesn-
ming at the top-which may not pe ene
worst place. after all. to make negh-
Ming" The Union recognizes that oe-
laws In litigation have been the cause
of much well founded criticism OF the
American judicial system" ..
apart of the essence OF justice Is
.trreiiness" declares the Minneapolis
tribune. which points out that unuer
the 1urisdictional Act of 1925 founda-
tioy was laid for reducing congestion
~ the court docket, with the limiting
AZ cases in the Federal Supreme Court
~ those In which, In the words OF
chief Justice Taft, "the principles 10
he settled will be useful to the public IN
settlinr general law" On this point
the tribune expresses the opinion II
anpears to be a fair ana reasonable
worrying principle, The rights OF the
Individual are sufficiently protecteo, see-
ING that there Is no such thing as ao-
.oi,,te and infallible judgment, ana tne
S,inreme Court Is able to carry on noae
promptly It's major function o. au ,s,,,i,,
eating controversies tnat arg p ,at',
charged with general pubic ih'e'''''
.rts docket is cleared for the nrst
.,,.,a l., its history" states the New Or
, LIN Morning tribune. THE docket
,.ss az hadly congested, Few years
soo as those of any OF the lower req,
srai courts are now. Many cases nao
hee,, carried over for several terms.
Harder work by the Justices IL psIsay
resuonsible for the Improvement. Du.
the docket could not have peen cleaieu
in such a short TIME had not Congacss
uassed laws limiting appeals III CERTAIN
classes of cases. 49, CO,
nayrardino sun. "are expensive Tor
narties 10 court action, and particularly
are they expensive to the party tnat
NAV he In the right. For years ilu-
oassts have been harassed by court oe-
lava Many a suit has been settleu Io'
A aorig when there was In realty !usu-
fication for a large Judgment nad the
injured party been able TO walt Tor
n. The Supreme Court is no
larger than IL has been for many years
m is the presumption that far more
cases are reaching 1t than formerly ala.
For the body. with Its requirements ior
deliberate consideration OF the law
points presented to 1t, To be able 10
clear its docket calls for interested at
tention from the people.
.The achievement of listen
inc In oral argument Of cases during
the same term In which they were
filed" affirms the Springfield Repuh-
lican. lis cause for congratulation 10
the court as a whole, and particularly
10 Chief Justice Taft. What he
set out to do has been done, although
IL once seemed an accepted tradition
al washington that the Supreme Court
had TO be far behind Its docket. With
this demonstration perhaps another
tradition can be defied and the Gov
eminent departments, some day. reor-
ganized on business basis" The
Muskegon Chronicle also feels that a
demonstration that the labyrinth of
technicalities can be cut through To
make speedy Justice possible Is most
| stimulating influence In rescuing Amer
lean Jurisprudence from the bog"
y
Criminal cases In particular" II Is
pointed out by the Columbus Ohio
State Journal. were taken up promptly
and decided. This had the additional
merit Of preventing the use OF the
courts docket. A In other wears to gain