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Supreme Court — Part 27

83 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Sep 2, 1958 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Supreme Court · 82 pages OCR'd
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~ | To Guard e Deputy Attorney Gen- aia. corte es rf Thursday called on lawyers to|4 frustrated. protect the“ Supreme Cour from “irrespo which, se said, has increasedIkation of police Powers — a greatly the past year. before the New England re-ghad to take over in cases lik gional meeting of the American) that in Little Rock. Bar Association, said such “overgeneralized, reckless criti- cism” had increased after the|0c*® Court, made decisions “reached|5C00: so with great courage and after couched that it was impossib long consideration” in favor of|for those to win who wanted varied minorities. the schools cpened on a par- alsh singled out the segre-|tially non-segregated basis.” gagion decisions as an exam-| He asked the lawyers to “ed- pid He said once a court orderjucate people to respect the hab been issued for integration,/Court” and especially singled t federal government must/out 61 Little Rock lawyers who step in if state forces are used advertised in that city’s papers Rock's recent referendum on foered: tar Han Deputy Attorney General Calls On Bar Court From Reckless Criticism : er frustrate that order]to jeral of the United Statesjor stand aside while the otder|sue. The deputy attorney general] standings in their hands when eplored formation of a na-|they did sd.% the deputy at- ional police force or centrali-/torney general pointed out. thing he said might happen if ’ . Lawrence E, Walsh, speakingthe federal government always education bu 4 there's datlaed. Cl“Tt can perhaps best be done HE REPORTED the Little|/o? certain matters (as in the e{cisions of the Supreme Court.” Mr. Tolson Mr. Belmont. Mr. Mohr Mr. Ne Mr. Pars Mr. Rose Mr. Tam Mr. Trotter Mr. W.C.Sullivan Tele. Room ____ Mr. Holl-man__ M: se ' “Tn some decisions — eape-| cially those resulting in 1 of Communists — pepple who earnestly love country have transferred hatred of communism to Cot.” the deputy attorney general pointed out. “In their: biudgeon-like attack on the Court, they have asked over- generalized legislation and tended to overlook due process ’ of law.” | SS idl “They took their professional “It's basically «= problem of by people with similar feelings South) showing their neighbors that they still respect the de- ’The attack on the Supreihe churt has not spent itself.” He said the ABA might well establish a committee to carry on such an educational process. On the subject of preemption f states’ rights by the federal overnment, Walsh cited the teve Nelson case in Pennsyl- ania. Nelson was convicted of sedition tn a lower court but that decision was reversed by the State Supreme Court on the basis that federal sedition laws had replaced the state ‘ones and were supreme. AS A RESULT, sweeping leg- isiation was proposed which Walsh declared “would ‘have rewritten 156 years of law in that state," It sald that no federal law would become supreme unless Congress passed it and that po state law would become un- iconstitutional because of con- flict with federal law unless that conflict were irrecon- cilable. Baston Traveler Boston Herald Bostan Globe Poston American Boston Record Christian Scienee M (Pstland fren | ate: /¢-3- sf" Edition: j,, Autnor or And the law would have been Edit retroactive for 150 years. or; “This was all because of) Title: Steve Nelson. It would have af- fected the railroads and inter- state commerce,” Walsh said. : He said the ABA has more opportunity for formal action in such cases than in the seg~- Class. or Page: / tor 4 “We need some central place like the ABA to keep these|. ~ attacks on the Court within compass.” | a a a ne 4 ied NOT RECORDED 133 OCT 13 1958
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