Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-03-05
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SUPREME COURT


No issue since the World brought such deuge Of
debate argument and bitterly opposed controversy as the
would give the Executive the Judi
Branch unprecedented extent Pubcss have written
mensave for group which hesitates say yea may
to ANYTHING until it has decided wnc st mas e uG he
letters from readers sections of the big newspapers are cram
The Presidents brought into the lelght
very old question concerning
One such as the United States written constitution by
which T & Branch must hest be
land which has written constitution It has instead what might
ud constitution be changed at will by Par
lament In England the courts simply interpret legislative acts
they cannot over-rule them.
plan which would Substantially change Judiciary in
life of the opinion that the courts and especially the su-
preme Court act barrier to progressive legislation
All this controversy has naturally led to the widespread be-
lief that the Supreme Court has negaed Of Congress
rather the
presented in recent article in the United States News
ber precisely Is have BEEN by the su
Court And of those 7S only 16 concerned bills of nation
al economic social significance
First major decision of the holding Congressional
illegal the famed bred Scott decision of 1857 This de-
back which had escaped
The slavery amendment following the Civil war or
pugnant to the people ,ozo
grebacks printed during the Civil WA not legal tender for
debts contracted prior to their This decisions a
forwards reversed by the Court itself when enlarged from
justices
The Congress passed Court
held unconstitutional Again the people adopted ordered
sutiona methods remedy the 10th Amendment
thereafter until the the Court
held unconstitutional few other important fixing
minimum for employed in industry two dealing
with child labor etc. In the first 144 of the Republic
came the New and the part played by
became suddenly important In the last four the
half of the major acts declared the whole of
ier-Lemke law the AAA the municipal Bankruptcy ac the CUT
fey Coal Act-and above ALL the MIRA.
laws during 1881 and legal opinion generally holds that
Sources close to say
considering various for limiting the of the
decision The proposed upsho deliberations
surprise many of his associates and to most Of the
that months of debate must before the bill either
thoroughly is the considered feeling of observers
representing all shades Of opinion that important issue
tant because deals with the nvoby of courts From
hs en 5 that these % be @ the
PIE and they must be Tree any a a n
ed dbauchg their judgments and therefore, producing
President seeking enlarge the of
Supreme judges plain that he who read The
parnty to seek court that will do his bidding If that should
happen where the need of 1t would be useless to sub
init question to them for solution verdict would be
the American people will not stand for such
Congress to Nay the packing of highest tribunals? If
ALL New Deal condition. and place ourselves line with those
terrorzng Europe with war; to which tn
cent holocaust will be bon fire. the fire breaks out
DRIVING A PRIVILEGE-NOT A RIGHT
high time realized that the operation of motor car
the public highways is prvlege-not a right
Every automobile potentially lethal weapon Properly
used it of desirable servants
properly used it is terrible the lives prop
erty of everyone in the it travels
Rigid training is obtain license
the plane travels empty arways where generally speak
endanger others Locomotive engineers
wise undergo of arduous experience and must their
physical and mental competence and responsibility before being
entrusted with tranyet train operates tracks,
traffic congestion problems. STILL in most states any
onewheer he be competent incompetent careless