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: 1e-Kioxville News-Senrirer A Scripps-Howard ewspaper ee SS So arriet + Soe wrekiy. 20c. By mail, P pees Cam Prvan Acorn ey atl | — Sourk-Packing - Re everse =o ATTY. GEN, William P. Rogers ade out a good legal and judicial ase agdinst Sep, William genner' : ill to strip the’ Supreme C some of its authority. Sen. Jenner would take away the court's authority to review cases involving congressional investiga- tions, state rules governing adrnis- sions to the bar and security lcharges against public employes. . conflicting judgments and hence: Mr. Rogers properly reasoned that this bill would threaten the balanced system of government, based on our traditional separation of powers. And, since it would per- mit lesser Federal courts to pass on these questions, it would lead to the utmost confusion. MOREOVER, as he said, this is a retaliatory measure, arising from the personal dissatisfaction of Sep. nner and others with some recealt preme Court decisions. Legisli- tipn passed in an atmosphere of r¢ venge seldom is sound. We, too, have disputed somé of these decisions. But we must as- sume the court expressed its hon- -est judgment. And in some cases the trouble lay in Congress’ own acts, not in the. court’s interpreta- tions, : In any case, the Senate is di- rected by the Constitution to “ad- vise” as well as consent to appoint. ments to the Federal bench made by the President. That doesn't merely mean patronage advice from the Senator in whose state a judicial candidate may live. INSTEAD of passing a punitive law, directed at the present Su- preme Court justices, the Senate would do well to encourage the present general tendency of the Ei- senhower Administration to choose for the Federal courts the ablest men available, preferably by pro- motions for the cireuit or district courts. The Jenner billis a form of court- packing in reverse, and the Senate, in that notable battle of 4237, a jectec-eourt-packing in principle. = j <= Mr. Clayton ____. Mr. Trotter Tele. Room Mr. Holloman. Miss Gangy. <4 y -_— iF CLA af Loy THE KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL Knoxville, Tennessee sor Editorial Page SERIAL all easae ———s '