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4-572 (3~29-55)} . STANDARD FORM no. 64 1 Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To t The Director DATE: A 9 I-55 ~— oS yrom +: J, P. Mohr SUBJECT: The Congressional Record “Sup yenie) Cou id Senator Talmadge, (D) Georgia, requested to have printed in th Record an editorial entitled "Curbing Supreme Court," from thet r February 22, 1958, issue ofthe Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle. t It is stated in the editorial "There should be full and free discussion __in {the Senate of the Jenner bill - S. 2646 - to limit appellate { . jurigdiction of the United States Supreme Court. The bill has bee offered as a means of curbing a recent tendency in the court to assume powers that are not authorized by the Constitution of the United States. ......... In order to undo the damage already done teh tho ff _ Congress will have to summon up supreme courage to deal with ne | current situation in a manner that will reestablish Congress as the tion's lawmaking body. The Jenner bill is an effort to achieve s¥ch a restoration of congressional powers. It may need some modifications to make certain that proposed limitations on the powers of the Court will not act also as a limitation of the right of the people to appeal to high authority, bui there is no question at ail about th is ae for restoring the Supreme Court to its original function as Sqiatiiem Rave '! Slative boay. . Original filed in: GO - Ref ly Ss ™ a -“- =f L. Mn 4 ther pr or of the Constitution rather than ; rt) + . eis a THe CON AD rp __ _ : i358 In the original of a eri captioned anddated as above, the Congressional Record for Xoo Gv was teviewed and pertinent items were marked for the cake 8 att ntion. This form has been prepared in order that portions of a copy of the original memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and placed in appropriate Bureau case or subject matter files.