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Show In Support of the U. S. Supreme Court $kK XlVM -SUPREME- ry IIARACTEKIZIXC, the movement y to amend the Constitution of the United States so as to permit congress to override and nullify decisions of the Supreme court as "the most dangerously danger-ously destructive doctrine that has been voiced in America since the birth of Bolshevism," (he executive committee commit-tee of the National Security league announces an-nounces a nation-wide campaign of opposition., op-position., The Security league's board of directors di-rectors includes Lindley M. Garrison, Myron T. Merrick, Theodore Roosevelt, Frederic It. Cmulert, John Henry Hammond, Ham-mond, Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, Dr. David Jayne Hill, Adolph Lewisohn, Frederick J. Lisinan, Morgan J. O'Brien, Ma.). George Haven Putnam, Louis W. Stateshury, S. Stanwood Menken and Booth Tarkington. , The statement announcing the league's campaign includes this: "Tlie National Security league has always been in hearty accord with any construct e step to Improve the American Amer-ican form of government and the administration ad-ministration thereof by legal means. "The Constitution of the United States Is obviously the foundation of all that America means. The checks and balances in this remarkable document docu-ment are one of its outstanding features. feat-ures. "Foremost of these established safeguards safe-guards for the preservation of the liberties lib-erties granted and guaranteed by the Constitution is the power of the Supreme Su-preme court of the United States. This should be inviolate. No less an authority author-ity than the great James Bryce declared de-clared that the power of the Supreme court to supervise, and, If necessary, correct legislative action, has been the salvation of the republic. The United States is the only representative government gov-ernment the founders of which had the wisdom to provide such insurance against hasty and ill-advised legislation." legisla-tion." - ., |