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Show . " . I TEXAS AND THE TIlE COURTOf COURT COURTOf I "r r ( " ) . . Of all the protests recorded against ngaInst PresIdent PresIdentI PresIdentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelts I Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' plan to pack the Supreme Couit Court COUl t by the theappointment theappointment theappointment appointment of SI six " additional justices , that voiceo voiceoby , voiceoby oicea oiceaI oiceaby I by the Texas Teas " { Legislature is perhaps the most st11kingThe strikingThe striking st11king strikingThe The state senate . ' went v.ent vent 'sent sent on record as being ; ; opposed opposedto . to the p1an plan p an by a vote of 22 to 3 , while the house ot or otrepresentatives orrepresentatives 01representatives representatives tock tack the same position pos1tIon by a vote of 95 95to 95to 95to to 28 The action taken is all the more remarkable remarkableowmg remarkableowmg remarkableowing owmg to the fact that Texas Te\3S Te 3S ' \ gave President Rooceelt Rooceeltote Roocev Roosevelta Rooceelta : ; , elt elta a \ vote \ote ote of more than 7 to 1 in m last Novembers Novembel's Novembels Novembei's Novembeis ' elec- elec election election elec election - tionIt tionIt tion tionIt It may thus be readily seen that the oPPosItIon oppositionto to the court plan is not a partisan matte matte- mattenor " - , nor is It ItnecessarIly itnecessarily itnecessarily necessarIly antagonistic to the Presidents President s general generalpolIcies generalpolicies generalpolicies polIcies The levolt Ievolt revolt against agamst the proposal is rather a amanifestation amanifestation amanifestation manifestation of the peoples people s confidence in the Su- Su Supreme Supreme Su Supreme - - preme Court and the feeding feeeling that any tampermg tampering tamperingwith tampermgwIth tamperingwith wIth our highest lughcst judicial tribunal should be avoidedCommenting avoidedCommenting avoided avoidedCommenting Commenting on the action achon of the state legisla legIsla- legIslature legislature legislature - - ture , the Texas TeMs Weekly , a staunch Democratic pub- pub publIcatIon publication pub publication - lication , says the people will generally approve that thatactIOn thataction thataction actIOn , and adds'Regardless adds Regardless 'Regardless ' of " what "hat hat shat they may think thmk of the desira desIra- desIrabIlity desirability desirability - - bility of the New Deal measures which the Court has hasdeclared hasdeclared hasdeclared declared unconstitutional , most of them are opposed opposedto to doing domg : anything to \ weaken seaken eaken the integrity mtegnty and in- in independence independence In Independence - dependence of that tribunal tnbunal In Texas Teas " { the great mass massof massof massof of the people still st1JI hold the Supreme Court of the theUnited theUnited theUnited theI I United States in m reverence re\erence re erence \ and have an abiding abldmg faith faithrn faithin . In rn it 1t as the bulwark buh\ark buh ark \ of American Amencal1 institutions instItuttons " I i Ii |