◆ SpookStack

| RITE Ap Whig “OMI rr O18 (Fev, 0-7-30) L BT 63 AUG 191957 ssearones Tu C:°.. Be for the Suy “liberal” * atiitude of the Supreme Court. Bhould | the saying, “To the victora belang the spoils,” a: to the appointment af Judges? The original blame for recent Supreme Court “laws” attaches ;to the President and Senate, who have put these inexperi- enced reformers of society on the court. No one should be named to the court who Js not » seasoned Judge with ot least ten years experience on « state supreme tourt or United States Court of Appeals. The Benate shoul! be the watchdog, and use great care te decide whether a Presidential appointee to the Supreme Court ts quailfied. I¢ has not done this None of Ike's § appointees , qualify as experienced judges. Warren was ‘never « judge, and " apparently his appointment was largely political. Harlan had only on¢ year on the bench. Bren- ‘man, appointed two weeks before the 1954 election, had only four years on the bench. — l | with ab about , three ae ere experi- I Cherter Boone Evens Hughes ge g Exception aot one of the nine was | peascaed judge before being veppolnted. ‘The fault 1 with Rocee- relt, Trumaz, and the Benate Judiciary Caom- Talttee, like Occasionally man Charles Evans Hughes who has never had judiclal experience, turns cut O. E. But Hughes was a lawyer anyway, ane of the top two'or three in the United Stabes. Hon after years on the bench. But to name men with little or ne judicial a crime against the judge, ab erally acquires @ feeling of - responsibitity t the Constita-. erperlence to the Vaited States Bupreme Courts acto Supreme Court That should be left to conareee” sate legisiatures and the. The Comstitution a people. myn: AL legis! Powers herein eranted Congres”. re reme * ’ Pins tive shall be vested is 8 Criticism of recent decision won't do much good (but some), unless it is directed at the people who nominate and = Es appointments te bial T thie thése fudess have. an unconscious “guilé camplez.* pply They have guns eo ter im re- writing the Constitution and laws on big questions, Uke ine tegration, interstate commerce, and general welfare, that they seive their consciences by lean- ing over backward as “strict constructionista" with respect to the fupposed rights of Madivad Supreme Court’ And Free Enterprise To the Supreme Court, free enterprise is # fine thing until Jt becomes successful: then the court, not Congress, sasumes the Tight to regulate its stee—ta de- ide whether a business is to row, to stand still. or to become The late eminent Justion Brandes, ot the Supreme Court, ence sald: “Our government, fot unqualified. men sre appointed ‘tr Presidents merely j for political purposes, the result creates a lack of confidence in the Gupreme Court's rulings. A far-reaching proposal is bes ing considered by the American. the Federal judiciary, recoin- mending that Federal judicial appointmenta be “completely removed from the area of poli- tical patronage,” and that “sp= peintiments should be made fram’ among ins and lawyers pos~. the highest Aualificas* ‘This is 6t the greatest import’ when we consider the vital fune.. tion of the Bupreme Court te: iptereret laws. The high eciing any: dessin to uot Tespecting any termine the Constitutional Fection af ottr way af life. " C |GA-AT ELIA NOT RECORDED 141 AUG 16 1957 Wash. Post and Times Heraid Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald 2- fr _ Tribune N.Y. Journal- American —_— N.Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N.Y. Times Daily Worker ——__-- The Worker New Leader —_———_ wt Date —— Aue 15 1957