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Show A MOMENTOUS IOl\lENTOUS IOl lENTOUS \ SESSIONOn SESSION SESSIONOn On October 7 the United States Supreme COUI Couit Court t will open m in mlts inits inits lts its new 10 million.dollar milliondollar mIllion-dollar mIllion dollar . - building bmld1ng what may prove to be one ope of themost the themost themost most momentous sessions ever held by the nation's nations ' highest tribu trlbu- trlbu tribu- trlbunal tribunal tribunal - nal . . For the fate of much "New New " Deal legislation will be at stake . Inasmuch as the members of this august body of jurists are arebut arebut arebut but human , and are generally geperally classified as conservatives or liber hber- hber liber- hberals liberals liberals - als in m the light of their past lecords iecords on the bench and elsewhere elsewnereit , it may be said that broadly speaking speakmg the personnel of the court is isdiVIded isdivided isdivided diVIded somewhat as follows follo\\s follo s follotirs \ \ : Four conservatives , Associate Justices James C . McReynoldsWillis McReynolds McReynoldsVlllis McReynoldsWillis \Vlllis Vlllis Willis ' \ Van Devanter Deva.nter . , Pieice PlelCe Butler and George Sutherland . . Four FourLiberals FourLiberals FourLiberals Liberals , Associate Justices Louis D . Biandeis BlandeIs , Harlem F . Stone StoneOwen , Owen J . . Roberts and Benjamin BenJamln Benamin ) N . Cardozo . Chief Justice Charles CharlesE E . Hughes votes sometimes with one group and sometimes wIth wIththe withthe withthe the other , but he is most often found taking the liberal side . These classifications classificatiol1s1 classificatiol1s1however , however , do not give a very definite definiteclue definiteclue definiteclue clue to the probable vote of the court on constitutional questions questions.Although questionsAlthough . . Although the NRA was no doubt essentially a liberal measure , or orat o oat orat r at least was intended mtended to be he , it was knocked out by a unanimous unanimousdecision unanimousdecision unanimousdecision decision of the court , , on the he ground ; of unconstitutionality . In view of the th unanimity unammlty of that decision , , which wrecked one oneof on onof oneof e of the most sweeping sweepmg instrumentalities of the New Deal , it lt is iswldeIy iswidely iswidely wldeIy widely believed that much other legislation now to be tested by bythe bythe bythe the " _ Supreme Court will be thrown out , by majority decisions decislOps If Ifnot ifnot ifnot not unanimously . . The highest legal talent will be employed , both to attack anddefend and anddefend anddefend defend the laws under scrutiny scrutmy , and some of the most spiritedcourt spirited spiritedcourf courf court battles in III the history of the nation may be e expected 1Jected . |