SUPREME COURT: Power of the Bench

There is a document beginning, " We, the people ..." of which certain men exclaim: " We, the people, are unfairly treated by it." It is the Constitution of the United States. The exclaimers are the " radicals" and liberals of Congress. The unfairness which they find in it is that the Supreme Court may (by a five to four decision) overrule an act of Congress.

The protestants. Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho has announced his intention of making a fight on the 5-4 rule in favor of a 7-2. In association...

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