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wee wm harm pene rem Meet VR ROY AT la I ae RT LL ANS ST i 8 4-572 (Rev, 7-18-63) G } OPTIONAL FOAM NO, 16 s010-100 AT 16? LOTION G34 GIN, HEG. WO. a7 Mi UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT i\ 4 Memorandum TO i The Director DATE: a ar- GY FROM : N. P. Callahan SUBJECT: The Congressional Record 220F i \ / Pages wasos-naao7| Congressman Gathings, (D) Arkansas, \ stated "the/American people neediftotection {rom some of the decisions of tpe \ U. S. Supreme Court which have ‘turned confessed criminals loose on an ae . unsuspecting pubift: These most objectionable decisions in tne interest o protecting ‘civil liberties’ of the individual have been mounting in recent years.** He cited several of the decisions. He also commented on the passage by Aphiegnate of the Safe Streets and Crime Control Act containing a provisior/"would have the effect of changing some of these far reaching and unconscionable rulings." Mr. Gathings went on to state "The membership of the House should have a vote on the changes that the other body made in the crime bill, regardless of how such a vote may be presented—either by resolution or motion to take from the Speaker's table the bill and agree to the Senate amendments, or by motion to instruct the conferees to accept the ee having to do with the Supreme Court decisions. " REP, Original filed in: ZL ZL JID. Page E4674, Congressman Gathings, (D) Arkansas, inserted nthe Record an article written by David Lawrence entitled ''Good Behavior' of Judges—- Who Defines It?" Mr, Gathings advised that this article offers plausible suggestions—that members of the Supreme Court be named for a period : of years and that the Senate maintain "continuing jurisdiction" over the members. | Mr. Lawrence stated "It was never intended by the Founding Fathers that the American people should be governed by five men, sitting as a majority of the Supreme Court, who could by judicial ordey frustrate the FBI, release confesse | rapists, ----," e\ 2 REG Wy, _ 2/8 €s~ 2 Not RECORDED 46 JUN & 1968 : ee In the original of a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressronal . Record tor ~ 7 — was reviewed and pertinent items were rked for the Director's attention, This form has teen prepared in order that SO sine py bisa otiginal memorandum may ke clipped, mounted, and placed in appropriate e or subject matter files. Fas