Show CURBING THE COURT I Declaring congress to be ba much In he attitude of oC a messenger boy stand stand- d lag Ing in the time anteroom ot of the a court waiting for tor approval or cry al of ot its nets lets Representative Republican of ot Wisconsin said saU ot of the thc UI t should be tho thi o power PO er UI bed i lIe He presented a t d of I divided cd eIlla court deci- deci dec I Ion loni by by which the Intent and wIlt Will of 0 congress was as denied b by one tote ote or orIn in other 01 ds by the whim 01 prejudice ot or ono one man known as 11 i Justice ot of the eme court boso poliCY wisdom In matters of general might be bo interior Inferior to anyone any one of ot a ol hun dred men in congress e Tear reeT cd to thc tho fact that the Income tax ta In law was de dared unconstitutional In g court by a sote ote Ime by the supreme of Ih fh Iv e to four tour follo followed cd by the of the Income tt tax sl li constitutional amendment by holding stock dividends non He cited the Uio Kew berry case and th the decIsion holding the child labor law la laIn lav In aUd alland and Inquired as aa to when the country I relief from judge made mad would get set madeI I laws Representation Frear then made this telling point I The method of ot judges juds-es been I freqUently from men who have defeated for tor re election for tor office b I theIr constituents of ot men who ho aro o lifetime federal judges and often of men who never have sat on any bend bench but bavo tavo constantly been In an atmOS atmosphere phere of ot corporation is no nomore nomore more marked than thaI a failure allure in recent t any member of ot the years cars to graduate forty eight state sute courts to a place ilace In InO inear O ear highest court As a cure tor for the close decisions bill re- re Dorah Borah advocates ad a seven of ot th the nine supreme 3 court justices to concur in decIsIons declarIng acts of ot ess This would be bc in keeping w ith public sentiment si II toi fOI n a nI along I long time has lias been in opposition to tobe ti he the be baro bare majority decisions holding holdIng laws to be ba constitutional Our supreme court does dees ra ch to toI I stabilize our go goi gom eminent s-nd s prevent proven udden or chaJ ea in public affairs af fairs A should Lave L ve some such buch uch check to hasty or radical action but there should bo be a well limIt to the power of o the tte court la ln n run run- running ping contrary to 10 I public opinion i i i i |