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= tiie tll et i - Mr. Tel ta i Boardr . Belmor Mr. Mohr... Mr. Parson } —_— Mr Rosen{: liq Mr. Tamm_ Totter” Mr. Nease_ Tele. Roem _ Mz. Holloma; Miss Gandy_ Sys Se a ea ae : Thuy, June 20, 1957" ee. “het dhe! ip Gey eh, t Gate Court Decisions Se f The Supreme Court handed down” a series Af decisions last Monday that seem to have an adverts. 422 " effect on the efforts of Congress and the Departme BALI of Justice to control Communism. . While a more . . complete appraisal of the opinions cannot he made " until the full text of each decision is available, news: paper reports provide ; a basis for preliminary com. ments... ma fd pM In the first place, ti ie ‘obvious that the opinions | will be unpopular. The Supreme Court hag written - ‘unpopular opinions before. Popularity has never ' been ‘one of its prime motives. Some unpopular de-, | cisions resulted from the fact that the Court was” completely out of touch with political realities, Oth- era have resulted from the fact that particular acta of Congress were at variance with the Constitution. [I Sill others were poorly prepared and the Court ® "could only proclaim ‘the ered of the statute as it — was written. -.; 4375, +’ The Supreme Court as The watchdog of C Consti- . HONOLULU ADVER tutional liberties and as the guardian of minority EDITION. Hon~e. rights is bound at tithes to make findings which will _ be unpopular with : a majority of ihe people, ee JUN 20 185; Ector = Roy trou PASE_A>4. COLUMN “Unpopular decision, however, have re beering + | on the integrity of the Court. This does not prevent ' it from being severely, even violently, attacked, Both * ita integrity and its ability are impugned. In the - present series of ts, bility there is little basis for. SEARCHED INDEXED... | such attacks, since there seems to be only one disj ‘ : canteens - ‘senting vote—that of Mr. Justice Tom Clark. Thd 2 ~ JUN 2 11957 a Justices as a group are symbolic of the best traditio FBI - HOWOLULY of the Courl or un ese a Os osmin. bed cs / . _ NOT RECORDED G3 sNLS e571" JUL 2 1957