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4 1 est { real, said Dean, “eet—“the question ig whether we ;should change our own’ his- torical institutions that have worked well or feasonably well for about 170 years -because we are faced with ‘certain evils.” He thinks not. .. Dean Griswold of Harvard -galled the bill “probably con- stitutional” but contrary to the Constitution's spirit. “It 4s of the essence of the we have an independent judiciary if the Congress takes jurisdic- tion away from the Supreme Court whenever the Court gress does not like.” ‘He compared the bill to Franklin D. Roosevelt's Court-packing plan which he and unnecessary.” . “The Supreme Court is an ‘essentially conservative insti- tution,” said Griswold. “It is in the nature of things that — t should be the subject of | ontroversy, since the qu Ons ‘which come before jit e difficult and important ones. But the Court is the balance wheel in our Govern- ment... It keeps us from ewlnging too far one way or the otbes ThroufMo0t sur Constitutidh,” he wrote, “that |< an. independent |. judiciary. We will not have decides a_case that the Con- / considered equally “unwise - ihistary, the Court hes, on the Goverament would L ie oe whole, performed well the stantlally-im Cn = essential function of keeping Everyone free te our Gow rent on & sound] ssid Griswold. middle co If the Su-|they deserve 1¢ he preme Co is once made |But to take a away subservieng (io the other lauthority in «a cult branches) & great conserva Rively area of the law wo tive influence which has said, solve no problem played a key part in the.suc- fFould turn the law of the .ceasful functioning of our land into a “patchwork”. = vy