Show IS THE constitution IN PERIL in tho the utah bar bulletin magazine just received at least east part of an id ad tress adms recently delivered and ana printed in california papers ly by professor A 11 cathcart Cathca it who has beben professor of icons constitutional law in for 23 15 years the title as reprinted by the utah bar Is what Is happening to the constitution among many important statements i are never before in our national history lil story has tile the federal government undertaken to io do so many things with avith luch doubtful authority la in so short a 6 time ile he says anil and people accepted with enthusiasm a series tit lit measures that eliat in ordinary times would have lieen beert indignantly condemned as rank usurpations of power professor cathcart admits that rats ing these questions of power Is ais not yet states that many questions eions involving constitutional rights will be raised malsed he believes the issues will trill lie parsed on to the higher courts and that aur our supreme court will not dot slark shirk its duty while admitting that nothing has yet happened to t the eon con situation Bit sit ution the conclusion is be believes plainly before us that the questions of Z egal rights of government must ile be no authority may be found tor for the presidents act in ili closing national and state hanks banks in march 1 31 nt iut he regards as questionable that this his point will be tested even the or iler demanding that all go gold held lie ile surrendered tto ho the government protessor cathcart concludes is contrad ary to any authority because the trad ng with the enemy act was decla declared fly ay iy the highest court in IMO 1020 to he be strictly an exercise of war I 1 power ower jid d congress ton gress declared that war at an aul nd in 1921 hence ta to cite this author i ty as Iret denSt roosevelt did Is purely not justified this well known teacher of constitutional onal law concludes that a citizen not on oil any lesal legal basis as usi Us dis 1 i list ast lie forced to surrender surre niler ills his gold I 1 1 nd id recel e in ili exchange money borth less congress he believes liel ieves lias has I 1 emergency emer sency covner pow er ns as assumed I 1 nd employed in passing the lie enter emer ney ncy bank act of 1033 the tenth j j amendment men dment says the powers not relegated ele gated to t tile united states by the institution nor prohibited liy by it to lie ie states are re reserved sered to the states or to the people if professor cathcart says hut ext et year the topic may ile be whit iipp ened to the big que questions eions ich as these will be decided decided 4 in all 11 I 1 i reliability within the next year or so |