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Supreme Court — Part 16

130 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Sep 3, 1957 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Supreme Court · 127 pages OCR'd
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0-19 (Rev, 12-14-64) o judges Hear “tics of High Court ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, v7 , Sullivan Sept. 10 (UPI)\—The U.S. Su- - YZ Tavel preme Court was condemned we Totter and praised in a panel discus- af Tele Room sion yesterday while Chief . = Helmes Justice Earl Warren listened] - mr Gandy ‘intently. i aan The occasion was the 28th * 4° ,- .-aal Judicial Conference of oF the Third Judictal Circuit of me the United States, covering ...#¥ Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Before a roomful of lawyers and judges, former New york Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy attacked the High Ccu-t for hampering the ad- ministration of criminal jus- j tice while “vicious casts”! H rin oe | were loose on the streets. Ha, was referring to the Supr.ie! Court ruling in 1961 that ex-| tended to state courts the Fed.! eral rule that illegally seized j evidence is inadmissible in: ‘criminal trials, “We are forced to fight by] 7 ‘rules while the criminals are permitted to gouge and bite,” he declared. “It has been our experience The Washington Post and Aa fithat if suspects are told of Times Herald N their rights they will not con- - fess,” he added. Q The Washington Daily News —— a} ‘Yale Kamisar, law professor The Evening Star “ Slav the University of Michigan New York Herald Tribune L New York Journal-American criminal law, rose to launch a vigorous attack on ‘Murphy's New York Daily News —__._s statements. At times his re- New York Post *Imarks elicited laughter from flthe crowd, including Chief | Justice Warren and Associate : L k Justice William J. Brennan Jr. ENCL é Kamisar called Murphy's , fa wade , position “simplistic, narrow: a, fa? C ie ‘iminded and politically expe- iene atteerial) Street Journal ve dient.” The National Observer rn es "4! “Fighting crime is a JZ: ae wee we ? . cuit frustrating Dbusiness,"; L4 SEP, 23 185 srie"* were —-——8 ye ey EN SLO PRE we said Kamisar, “When youl ©... | Date [a a‘ieading authority on The New York Times . TU Bop Beltimore Sun = eet The Worker The New Leader so ‘. of , - i) , ir ; can't handle it, the easiest and sane : j ae Z — + most politically attractive de- ron } al RECORDED ‘vice is to blame it on the “ ~ 5 ScP 23 i465 |, courts. It's a lot more popuiar SED YG jones ; ” 3 i5b9 tithan raising taxes to lin scuce / Vy, CRP ad Isu5 g pi jie police force.” 6-225 | i oO —_——S oe
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