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ns we pace a ate oe th 1 ae - NUMEROUS WAYS ("=a * ain which Congress could clip the claws of the high court, * s: ° Itcould bring impeachment proceedings, to try one or more of the justices for improper conduct on the bench— ; “as the Georgia Legislature has already urged, Lo , |: Or a constitutional amendment could be offered to the [ Mates, Yequiring that Supreme Court justices be elected - Hy periodically; say once every aix years, like mn ‘Court Can F's. Senators. stati idea (Art, HL e Constitution provides oe Be Curbed See, 2, Subd. 2) that the Supreme Court | | | ighell “have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, “Cone such exceptions and under such regulations as the | eas shall make.” >. ~ c "That provision suggests any number of ways in which . , Conaress could curb the court. g Lé “The Constitution also says (Art. i, Sec. 54) that the ~ 7 | Supreme Court justices shall hold office only “during good . behavior” —not for life, as some people su To borrow a suggestion from the editor and commen- tator David Lawrence, why not an Act of Congress setting \{ up some standards and procedures whereby the Senate’ could register ita opinion from time to time as to whether ‘one or more of the learned justices were behaving properly on the bench? A Senate finding of bad behavior would | mean automatic dismissa} from the Supreme Court. = All these proposals have merit, it seems to us’, We are | ‘profoundly convinced that now is the time for Congress to - }! k into ‘every suggestion for forcing the court to stop ° eee with essential American rights and Hbertiea, . The House Judiciary Committee made a good begin-” ing this week, when it set up a subcommittee to aN is whole string of pro-Red Supreme Court decisions. But ¥ dy without action produces ro results; And Independ- ? | = Day, 1957, looks like an ideal day fora th of members | Congress to make up their minds to get ia there afid Rghe, : sey 1 ’ eee