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Supreme Court — Part 27

83 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Sep 2, 1958 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Supreme Court · 82 pages OCR'd
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+. Pres COURT A ABAIN' > ‘Ths Supreme Court has finally - | han down an opiniow confirming its ruling of September 12 on the 1 Little Rock school situation. In other words, it decided how it was going to | | rule, and then searched for reasons | to justify the action, - + From what has been published of the 17-page opinion, it appears the Supreme Warren Court apent con- siderable time setting itself up as the supreme law of the land.” Since it Shas taken it upon itself to change in- terpreation of laws to meet changing iological conditions, and has de- chhred itself the supreme lawmak the land! Congress had bett pilotect itself. Congress has pre voualy felt it should législate to meet ‘changing conditions, ,but since the . Court now says it cen do the job, and ig getting away with it, Congress is ‘in dire danger of loss of all power, |} In the opinion, read by Earl War- .fren,. groundwork is apparently Jaid to try to remove atate officials from fice. This sounds unusual, but the ; Court must have had something like ‘this in mind when it said that no | state: official “can war against the ' Conatitation (aa interpreted by the } Court): without violating his under- , taking to support it.” This can be constived as nott ing legs than a warning of further curt a¢ion——or an invitation to somaine to'start proceeding to oust all Sou¢h- ern .0fficials opposing the: Court's atand on integration, _ t 58 wor 4 re [4 ye | - Furthermore, - op “Wkey part of a K Is to take wri eis fftetew - ween schools, ie, private and: ‘publit. One cannot believe the Court i Xe. <_ it || Wis’ merely careless in this respect, | ‘Ifor such carelessness would be inex- schoo! issue raised in Littit Rock. . In other words, the Court has now st supporters probably hoice of words here the preme_ | ehrolment policies of private as.well 1 aa public schools, 8 a realist, one can ‘only say : S\of now the Court has set itedlf I: 8 the Constitution. +h . 1 &. Ba ied.... one much futher than even i fond- | ' cusable, especially since the Court | had very much in mind the private - Qurt has assumed jurisdiction over 5 ce & i. Ahn yn . tHE Sv alk Gulugbia. S. C. mo 1e2-27545 -. A- NOT RECORDED » -, - , IQNOV 8 1958
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