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0-20 Mr. Tol Mr. Ni ¥- ad Ad. oe Mr. Belmon ——, at f ‘@t Mohr --¢" Mr. Ta ~ Mr. Trottet ~~, Mr. Nease _____. Tele. Room ——_ i/ Mr. Holloman ae . i Miss Gandy ___. ne wv win ures t (CCURT) oo ~ : ROBERT MORRIS, FORMER CHIEF CCUKSEL CF TEE SENATE INTERNAL SECURITY vr 'SUBCO TTEE calb TCLAY CCNGPESS SKCULD ACT TC CHECK THE " ENCROACKHMEAT? CF TH SUPREME COURT ON ITS LEGISLATIVE FUNCTIONS. . MORRI » A CANDIDATE FCR THE REPUBLICAN EFNATORIAL NOMINATION IN NEW JERSEY, SAID IN TESTIMONY PREPARED FCD THE INTERNAL SECURITY GROUP ThaT AN “AGGRESSIVE MAJCPITY ON THE SUPPEYE COURT HAS BEEN HASTENING tar DECLINE CF CONGRESS I, \ { ICNAL INVESTIGATCRY PCWER,* iN THE FCRMER NEW YCRK JUDCE URCED APP®CVAL CF A BILL TO RESTRICT THE ‘ COURT'S APPELLATE JURISDICTION BY REMCVING ITS AUTHCRITY COVER CASES “ GROWING CUT OF CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATICNS, THE MEASURE ALSC WOULD REMOVF THE ~GUPT'S APPELLATE JURISDICTION OVE arms ww eee VI VV Ee CASES INVCLVING STATE SUBVERSIVE LAWS, GCVFRNMENT SECURITY CASES, AND “= CASES INVCLVING CONTEMPT CF CONGRESS, ¢ MORRIS SAID THE CONSTITLUTICN MAKES IT CLEAR THAT "CONGRESS KAS NoT & ONLY THE PCWER BUT THE DUTY TC REGULATE AND MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THE a APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT WHENFYER NECESSARY.® 3 MORRIS SAID "THIS IS AN CBLIGATION THAT CONGRESS-CANNOT TAKE LIGHTLY | OR DISMISS. THE CHECK-AND-BALANCE SYSTEM CF THE CONSTITUTION MUST BE ° APFIRMATIVELY PRESERVED AND CCNGRESS CANNOT ABDICATE WHERE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES ARE SO CLAPLY DEFINED.® TOO OFTEN IN THE PAST, HE SAID, "CONGRESSES HAVE CONSISTENTLY ./ BEATREATED IN THE FACE OF ENCCRACHMENTS ON TKEIR DUTIES AND POWERS By \/ GRESSIVE JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE AUTHCRITY." NE SAID THAT "AT A TIME OF GREQT CRISIS TO WHICH WE ARE DRAWING / cTEe EVERY DAY, WE NEED THE FULL BENEFIT OF OUR CKFCK-AND-BALANCE Gd BH FER 28 1958 >