Show ah e WEEKLY constitutional buman DEF acts held unconstitutional ilow how many acts has the congress passed and how many ot these has the supreme court held unconstitutional tut ional T since its inception nearly years ago the congress has passed oyer acts of these the supreme court has found 76 unconstitutional according to the legislative Ite ference bureau of the library of congress in only eight cases wore were entire acts invalidated in the 68 others only parts of acts were invalidated such auch as aa riders having little or nothing to do with the mate main bill amendments to previous bills or merely a phrase clause or section of cf an entire bill in these cues cases the remainder of such acts kasnot allec affected ted the tha acts of congress invalidated by tho the court were voided because the court held bold them repugnant to constitutional guaran teca toos of personal liberty such u trial by jury unreasonable ee se archea and aali urca belf right to confront con witnesses wit nemes ot of contract designation ot of offenses offen iea and right of proper hearing tor for enforcement ot of penalty Copy copyright 19 1917 37 py by aw VA |