Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-11-13 | Page 2 | Liberal Decisions Urged by Justice Brandeis

Liberal Decisions Urged By Justice Brandeis Year Old Judge Expected to Uphold Recovery Legislation WASHINGTON Nov 13 UP UP- UP Associate Justice Lou Louis D. D Brandeis liberal leader of the supreme court ushered in what may prove provo the most momentous year in his lif lilS' lilS j today as us he celebrated his birthday Observers looked to him to sway the nine powerful jurists more than at t tany any ny time In the paste as they faced a amass mass macs of new deal legislation produced by the depression depress I If the court upholds the liberal legislation passed by congress and state legislators most legal observers will attribute it to the long line of historic opinions produced by Bran Bran- dels deis and his old friend Justice Oliver Wendell s Holme-s Many of ot these w were re dissents written In the days when the cour court couras was as preponderantly conservative conserva conserva- tive live Never Misses Day Holmes has left the bench but Brandeis at 77 carries on never missing miss mL ing a day With him as liberals arc are justices Stone and Cardozo Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times Jmes they are arc joIn Joined d by Chief Justice Hughes or Justice Roberts Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times joined by both Hughes and Roberts Robert they write the courts court's majori majori- t ty y opinions Since the depression Brandeis has hasen been en vociferous in calling the courts court's attention to the exigencies of the situation He has w warned varned his fellow members they must face the future with open minds and prepare to discard discard dis dis- card old judicial theories Court Faces Emergency Now with an emergency test case before belore it such as as' the Minnesota mortgage mortgage mortgage mort mort- gage moratorium a clear cut chal- chal S S ikA f S. S S S. S y c cP cS c'S S P S. S Louis D. D Brandeis lenge to old judicial theories Brandeis words resound like a prophecy Brandeis could have resigned several several several sev sev- eral years ago He has refused to do doso doso doso so even to take over leadership of the Zionist movement one of the close to hit hIL heart He has felt he is needed on the court and his friends think he will carry on until ill m health or or death forces him to retire