Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-02-03

out of it which is not in it. Then
the result of it will be that the
Interpretation will be the will and
desire of the interpreter, or at least
be infected with it. The plainest of
that kind that I ever saw was the
moratorium law which is plainly pro-
hibited to the states in Article I, Sec
ton 10 of the U. S. Constitution, and
in the same Article, Section 9, Part 3,
it is prohibited to congress to pass
such law. Contrary to that, the
legislature of Minnesota passed the
moratorium law; the governor signed
it; district court in Minneapolis up
held it; supreme court in Minnesota
upheld it; U. S. Supreme Court up
held it with five against four; the
congress added three years to it for
the whole United States, but in the
ultimate end the five Justices in the
Supreme Court, who upheld the
moratorium law of the state, turned
around and joined in with the four
and declared the law unconstitutional
which the first upheld.
AS soon as the moratorium law was
passed in this state said that it was
unconstitutional, and I proved that
by the Constitution. Some people
became angry and said that I was
a fool-we can not 60 by the Consti-
tuition, that is too old so it is not up
to date they said; but none of them
could tell me why an elected candi-
date then shall swear to the Consti-
tuition before entering upon duties
as an officer They have to bind
themselves to it so they can not give
us new deal laws contrary to the
Constitution. Many of the New
Dealers are claiming that the Pres
ident and congress are the highest
authorities, but they are bound by
the Constitution.
What would the Constitution or a
law be without custodian of order?
The Supreme Court is the custodian,
and is also bound by it.
The founders of the Constitution
knew that it could not always be
up to date as first adopted, so they
provided in it for way to amend
it, so there is no excuse for violating
it instead of getting it amended.
We are having many haters of the
Constitution; too many want an un-
constitutional new deal. That is not
the Communists only (if they want
it, I don't know. All the Commun-
lists that know want reform through
legislation. AS selfish as people, on
an average are, they would not make
good Communists; individualism and
Communism are in strict opposition
to each other. Some people don't
think of reform, but to get as much
as possible out of the pork barrel
The unions, which are composed of
members of all parties, are active
in fighting for monopoly of the jobs.
The U. S. Senate was for some time
kept from actual work by making
speeches against an anti-lynching
law; so they favored lynching instead
of Constitutional trial by an impartial
jury as we read in the Constitution
it shall be, and still are considered
good citizens.
The Journal finished the article
by saying: For the future, all that
the country asks of the new Justice
is that he form his decisions according
to law" But how does the Journal
know that this is all that the country
asks of him? When he takes his oath
to the Constitution then that is what
he has to go by, whether the case
happens to be new or an old deal
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis