Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Law
What Lawyers Think Of The President's Court Proposal, Anon
What Lawyers Think Of The President's Court Proposal, Anon
Washington Law Review
The American Bar Association has announced that in every one of the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia, the members of the Association participating in its recent poll voted disapproval of an increase in the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States on the basis recommended by the President of the United States in his message of February 5, 1937. Members of the Association throughout the United States voted by secret ballot by mail, upon the various proposals affecting the Federal Judiciary, four of which were approved by a majority of the members voting; but …
The American Bar And The Supreme Court Proposal, F. H. Stinchfield
The American Bar And The Supreme Court Proposal, F. H. Stinchfield
Washington Law Review
The issue regarded most seriously was, of course, the proposed increase of the Supreme Court, and, a bit more incidentally, the changes of the lower Federal Courts. Against such an increase the American Bar Association was emphatic. Thirteen out of every fifteen members said no such result can be permitted. This issue is the only one which gets much attention from the public. However serious the other considerations may be, the lay citizens of the United States can think only of the necessity of protection to their Supreme Court. Our influence in this situation must of necessity be great. Whatever …