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ef ne i i ne a i ate nie ae ere lll wee, ee ; Office Memorbndum » UNITED STa.2S GOVERNMENT TO : The Director DATE: 6 ~ a) | . S ‘) From : J, P. Mohr SUBJECT: The Congressional Record Pages A49380- Senator Thurmond, (D) South Carolina, extended his remarks to the State, a newspaper published in Colum South Caro entitled “Supreme Must Be Curbed.” are Thurmond stated "T am anand me people of this country are more concerned generally a trend of recent decisions of the reme Cout | than at any time in our history. They have reasone te be concened because the Court has usurped the constitutional authority of the =| Congress, and, in effect, has itself employed the legislative pover through judicial decree." It is stated in the editorial “The Court he _ usurped the power of the Congress, the State appellate courts and “ include an editorial which appeared in the June 19, 1957, issue of \ f the juries of the States, In the exercise of dictatorial pow. \ difference between the Kremlin and the Supreme Court is that thes \ Kremlin is composed of 11 men and the Supreme Court only 9." \ iL | i (C2 2 12? - NOT RECORDED 44 juL & 1957 — * a randum captioned and dated as above, the Congressional an Lis Vis rand T tinent items were Record for (.. .¢ was reviewed and per marked for és Director's attention. This form has been prepared in order that portions of a copy gf the otiginal memorandum may be clipped, mounted, an placed in approprigte Bureau case or subject matter files. Ts the aricginal of a m ana. Of 2 Dt tap ff Original filed in: