Show Usurpers I SE SENATOR ATOR HUGO nL BLACK I Fi Five e Men MenNow Now Rule Kulo POWER SEIZURE LAID TO COURT f V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 8 Senator Hugo Black D D. Ala today contended contended contended con con- tended the supreme court A A A decision meant that five men now rule people Asked whether he shared the belief belief be be- lief liet of ot some legislators that numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu other new deal statutes also are slated for the judicial ax Black said grimly Under this decision they have left themselves free to decide all nil legislation in any manner they sec see fit They have thrown away the charts charla While Whilo the 0 decision appears to be bea a limitation of the powers of the federal government go it is jn In n fact tact an an expansion Black emphasized Ho He said that the court had for the first time decided on the doctrine of ot implied powers supported by Alexander Hamilton and opposed by Thomas Jefferson and had in fact gone even beyond the Hamilton Hamilton Hamil Hamil- ton theor theory The courts court's majority opinion held that the constitutional clause empowering empowering em em- powering congress to tax and spend for the general welfare was ane an e extra grant of powers to collect and appropriate federal funds But it ruled that the A A As A's distribution of in farmers' farmers rental payments was an invasion of states state's rights and so un unconstitutional |