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Supreme Court — Part 26

116 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Supreme Court · 108 pages OCR'd
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Naf be DE = a Glbrsg The Supreme Court did not make any major decisions yesterday, and its friends im Congress hope that this performance will be repeated every Monday until recess There are many pivotal cases facing the Court, .whose outcome could sway some legislators, as yet uncommitted on the Butler bill, which would limit the Court's powers substantlassy in Svuwe areas. Among the cases that many would like postponed are: the decision of an Alabama court upholding a $100,000 fine against the NAACP for failure to produce its membership records; a case involving the power of the government to deny passports to those refusing to sign the non-Communist affedavit; the right of a state to dismiss an employe taking the Fifth Amendment; the constitutionality of California's requirement that applicants for ,property tax exemption sign loyalty oaths. The Senage Judiciary Committee has voted 10-5 to bring the Butler bill to the Senate floor, and even its opponents concede that they cannot sit jon the measure Ib rorever, Wuen tuo bill gets to the floor, the fight Will be bitter, and will cross party lines. Some of the eieings bag Songer KG begun, Sen. Hennings({D-Mo) has warned that at least two_weeks_ of debate was certain, and Sen. Kefauver(D-Tenn) blasted the -b§ii°as dangerous, "reversing years of judicial and legislative history", He further warned that "the result of its passage would be chaos."He inserted into the record the recommendations
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