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Supreme Court — Part 29
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‘or whether the Constitution
has been violated. They ©
should be able lewyers, know
the law or where to find it,
and be thoroughly familiar
with the Constitution. They
af should not be politicians.
“Frequently cases are de-
eided on 8 5-to4 basis. One_
side will claim some law or
the Constitution has been
violated. How catr that be
possible? Hf they all know
what the Constitution says,
how can a decision be other
than unanimous,’ ane way or
the other?” «
The questions raised here
ere only difficult te answer
because the wriler apparent-
ty cannot envisage the Su-
preme Court, which‘ consists
@ine men appointed for
eat of whom are lawyers
know the Constitution.
Bra She Constitution, like the
' andments, “is &
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by small enterprises or by
a single company. Some 2000
American industries played
a vole in the Manhattan
Project which produced the
atom bomb, The application
of the antitrust laws to pro-
au n will have to be re
intérpreted to meet these
conditions.
Or ta give
ample: villages and even
amall towns gre being desert~-
ed and more and more pto-
ple are moving into large
cities. The urbanization’ of
our ‘population _ pas raised
many questions a interpaclar
relations in a country where
_there are about 19 million
Negroes, many of wham have
in recent years moved to
large cities. Some have
fought in two wars abroad
Others have been to college.
They have raised questions
as to their rights under the
Constitution which the Su-
preme Court had to hear.
A Sto4 decision is in no
manner ‘a violation of pro-
priety; it simply means that
nine trained lawyers of dis-
tinction have reached differ-
ent conclusions in their inter-
-pretation of the sume clause —
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another ex-
letters which etek the vt
Pommuhiste used sata The ant
tack is, _ fenerally on be a
Justice Earl Warren, who id”
being held responsible for the ;
desegregation decision, st |
though nine justices were re-
sponsible for 8. ssencseun
The attack on “polittest :
aot e
judges is usually an attack on.
Chief Justice Warren, al
though Chief Justice Teft and
Chief Justice Hughes were
politicians before they found ’
their places on the bench, ?
Hugo Black was a Sénstor
and had, in his younger
been a member of the XK
Kiux Kian; yet today he ja.
regarded as the most liberal
judge on the bench. dustica
Felix Frankfurter wes a pro-
fessor and was asa
radical; today he is probebly
the most correctly oriented
and conservative member of
In a word, my
ent ought to take a trip te
Washington to see the Su-
preme Court at work and
then he would understand
what « magnificent institu,
tion ft has been throughout
GUr ALOTY. ADU De-Gugit
read « good biography’ of
Chief Justice John Marshall.
to learn how the Court came
to be what it is,
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