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PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE SUPREME COURT.

OF the past SIX mOnCnS WHICH Iellect
the trend of opinion on this important
subject. General histories of the Su-
preme Court may be borrowed from
the book collection. Consult the in
formation desk at the central building,
at Eighth and K streets, or your near
est neighborhood branch.
The Highest Court.
MIR. ROOSEVELT AND THE SU-
PREME COURT, the Observations
of Citizen by Irving billiard. Sur
vey Graphic 26: 1896. February,
1897.
"If the Supreme Court is to have the
power of life and death over State and
Federal legislation, we cannot know
too much that il relevant about the
personnel of the bench, its findings
and how these findings are arrived at;
what they mean and how consistent
they are"
STATES RIGHTS AND THE SU-
PREME COURT, by G. R. Farnum.
Vital Speeches 8: 46-8. November
2, 1886.
A review of the history of the court
and the trends indicated by its deci-
sions.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT, by K.
N. Llewellyn. Survey Graphic 26:
1891. February, 1887.
"A legal expert analyses the out
standing proposals for enlarging the
powers of Congress or curtailing the
U. S. Supreme Court, and shows some
Of the profits and perils of thus speed
ing the growth of our basic law"
CONSTITUTIONAL OVERTONES IN
1896. by T. r. Powell. Yale Re
view 26: 37-56. September, 1886.
"The court cannot continue to kick
against enduring pricks and still hope
to retain its present power of well-nigh
self-conceived Veto"
The Court Upheld.
DIVISION, DISSENT AND RESPECT
FOR THE COURT, by G. r. Far
mum. Vital Speeches 2: 641-2.
July IS, 1886.
"The American people have not dis
covered any satisfactory substitute
for the present form of constitutional
government or for the Supreme Court
as one of its major factors"
SIDESTEPPING THE CONsTITU-
TION, by r. A. Taft. Review Of
Reviews "a: BAT. September, 1886.
Discussion "a: 81-2. October, 1885,
'The plans of President Roosevelt
and his New Deal supporters to swamp
the court with judges who believe that
constitutional principles are as weak
as water will mean the twilight of not
only the Supreme Court, but ultimately
of American liberty and American
democracy"
AMERICAN DOCTRINE OF JUDI
CIAL VIEW, by C. c. Tansill.
Vital Speeches 2: 1919. June IS,
1886.
"Partisan the court may be, but the
party it primarily serves is America
itself, and the phraseology Of its re-
cent decisions is the language of Amer
lean liberty"
Criticism.
o TEMPORA, o MORES; Need for
Amendment of the Constitution,
by Grace Abbott. Survey 72: 199-
200. July, 1896.
Social workers and all those inter-
ested in social reforms need to keep
steadily in mind the fact that a gate
way amendment to our Federal Con-
stitution is necessary for much-needed
industrial and social legislation"
nrrrJ.nD rrrcrrrr,c -, u @ p.t.,
New Republic 81: 1863. June IT,
1896.
"What light, If any, upon the atti-
tudes of the men making up the usual
majority in the present Supreme Court
is shed by their personal history?"
McREYNOLDS, ROBERTS AND
HUGHES, by E. S. Bates. New
Republic 81: 1925. July l, 1886.
zone may in conclusion venture the
unstartling prophecy that the three
semi-liberal justices, If one judges
from the entire past, will hencefor-
ward be found in nine cases out of ten
concurring with the three avowedly
reactionary Justices
LITTLE ALICE LOOKS AT THE
CONSTITUTION, by c. A. Beard.
New Republic 81: 315-17. July %,
1886; August 70, SO: 81; August
26, 88:77.
'It is inconceivable that in 1850
the President and Senate will be able
to obtain justices, even from case-book
lawyers, who will look at economy and
the Constitution through the eyes of
middle-class practitioners of about
1896. Time at least is inexorable, as
inexorable as history is merciless."
Replies by T. r. Wilmer and Prof.
Beard in succeeding issues.
RENDEZVOUS WITH THE SU-
PREME COURT, by c. A. Beard.
New Republic So: 92-4. Septem-
Der 2, 1886.
"The one proposal that appeals to
me is to allow Congress to override
judicial veto after new congressional
election has been held"
RESENTMENT AGAINST THE SU-
PREME COURT, by Raymond
Clapper. Review of Reviews 95:
1873. January, 1887.
Neither Congress nor the President
Is in a mood to remain passive to
continuation Of the recent situation"
NEXT FOUR YEARS: The Constitu-
ton, by r. T. Powell. New Repub-
lie 80: 317-21. January 13, 1887.
coincidence in the sincerity of a
judicial delusion no longer blinds ex-
perts or laymen to the fact that the
delusion is delusion."
A Controversial Decision.
DUE PROCESS, by Beulah Amidon.
Survey Graphic 25: 412-15. July,
1886.
$50 far as protecting earnings go,
the Supreme Court has rendered gov
eminent impotent."
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