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Q- auc aS Congress and th the Decisian In recent weeks, the Supreme Court has handed down decisions which have provoked & thunder of complaint from some congressmen and others,..: + We have shared the bafflement over some of these decisions. As 8, long-timé member of the court, ‘Justice David J. Brewer, sald nearly 60 years ago: : ; “Tt is a-mistake to suppose that the Supreme ‘Court is either honored or helped by being spoken ‘of as beyond criticism ... True, many criticisms . may be, like their authors, devoid of good taste, but | -better all sorts of criticism than no criticism af all.” | 4 But disapproval of individual judgments of the | via court and attacks on the court as all institution are | \ E ‘two different things. . oe | v) é yy 7 As an independent branch of our © government, CINCINNATI POST | (the Supreme Court is an integral part of our sys- Cincinnati, Ohio . tem of-checks and balances—a system imperative to our way of life. . i DATE __ 7/15/57 “Jn its long history the court frequently has been § é 6 _ the last barrier to the invasion of individual rights, ° PAGE which are paramount i any division of government. 5 . EDITION_Final Having said this, we now turn with a comforting | feeling to the sober reactions of some of those most ; directly concerned with the court's recent judg- ments.- We cite, for instance, the decision of the House ‘ Un-American Activities Committee to re-orient its | aims, to revise its authorizing law and its pro- ' cedures, even to change its name—that it may con- ! _ form to the eourt’se fudement in the famous Wot. Why Wi ee YF “oe | - eee Sok VLA Sb wh kins case, ‘Phe House committee has determined, obviously, _that it can live with the Watkins decision, and still “pursue the duties for which it was created. = We note that the Justice Department, which said , ‘the court’s decision in another case had created a “grave emergency in law enforcement,” as indeed it did, is moving fast, together with Congress, to remy “edy defects in the law, as alleged by the court, - LA Aten sre * Tt seems. to ua these orderly efforts, rather than Tl ~ 75 xs _ A , Vengeful dnvestigdtions, or legislation, fen woT re prisaf, are more in keeping with our R ‘cancepté of democratic “government, sas. 44 JUL 29 1957 : » 3 t 77 1 su 195 1957 —_ ~