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Supreme Court — Part 26
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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
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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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