Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-14
|D|LL CONTINUES
ATTACK IN SENATE
| ON SUPREME COURT
Warns People viii Find Way
to Change Constitution
and Upset Body.
SENATOR VANDENBURG
RALLIES TO DEFENSE
Declares Assault Is Attempt to
Subordinate Judiciary to Legis-
lative Branch of Government.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The battle of words over the Supreme
Court OF the United States which has
been waged in the Senate for three DAYS
in connection with the nomination of
Chief Justice Hughes, confirmed by the
Senate last night, broke out again in
the upper house today.
Senator Dill Of Washington, one of
the Democratic opponents of the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Hughes, started the
ball rolling when he issued a warning
that If the members of the Supreme
Court do not watch their step in hand
ing down opinions on economic uues-
tons the people of the country will
find way to change the Constitution
and upset the judiciary itself.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa gave no.
tice that he would offer a resolution nro-
posing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton to take away the power of tae SUI
preme Court to set aside legislative en-
actment. He insisted that this power
was not In the Constitution now and
that 1t was merely a power set up by
the court itself.
The Iowa Senator, who was speaking
IN reply to Senator Vanderberr de-.
clared that the latter docs not believe
In the people of the United States and
does not believe in the election of Judges.
| believe" continued Senator Brookhart.
that the people should select Judges q
great deal better than they are being
selected now. Chief Justice Hughes was
selected because of his economic views,
ability"
Coming to the defense of the .u-
dlclary. Senator Vandenburg. Repub-
lican, of Michigan, had declared that
the present assault upon the Supreme
Court in the Senate is but another
phrase of the attempt which has been
made almost since the beginning of this
Government to subordinate the judiiary
to the legislative branch Of the Gov
eminent.
Cites Importance of judiciary.
"The independence Of the Judiciary"
said Senator Vandenburg, "is far more
that might arise" The Michigan sen
ator declared that any time that the
independence of the judiciary Is swept
| aside the Constitution of the United
states will become a mere transient
thing, at the will of any majority that
may arise in Congress on any issue.
The Constitution will cease to be
the great charter that it Is" said
Senator vandenburg. land when it goes
the great masses of the people will lose
far more than they could lose through
any transient economic issue that may
arise"
Senator Dill at the outset of his
address said that the morning papers
in commenting upon the discussion in
the Senate over the Hughes nomination
had said that the Supreme Court had
been dragged into politics as never
before
IT wish to discuss briefly what is
ahead as to the Supreme Courts being
in politics." said Senator Dill This
fight has centered the attention of the
American people on the Supreme Court
as 1t has not been centered since the
bred Scott opinion. That decision
affected human slavery. The reason
why this discussion of the Supreme
Court in the Senate has caught the
attention of the people is because there
is building up judicial system of law
that Is fast bringing economic slavery
to the people.
People Will Begin TO Think.
cit is for Chief Justice Hughes and
for the other members of the Supreme
Court to say by their decisions whether
the Supreme Court shall be in politics"
continued Senator Dill. IF the present
system is to continue of writing law
through the courts, no force on earth
can keep the Supreme Court from being
brought into politics. When the people
find their telephone charges going up.
and they learn from their Representa-
tives in Congress and elsewhere that
this is due to Supreme Court decisions,
they are going to begin to think about
the Supreme Court"
Senator Dill said that when people
realize that increases in street car fares
and in the charges for electric light
and power cannot be reduced because
of the valuation system set up by the
Supreme Court they are going to give
serious attention to the court.
They are going to ask, what Is this
Supreme Court" said Senator Dill. THE
Supreme Court will be in politics, let
no beneficiary of judicial opinions smile
In SNUG content"
Senator Dill said that If the people
come to feel that the Supreme Court
has become their oppreSsor and con-
slider also the fact that the judges of
the court are appointed for life, they
will find means to change the situa-
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