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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Jun 1937, p. 25

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wmun e rreiaentsuiiiritted t Congress for enactrnent. So intense has been the discussion on this fea- turc that the oth<er parts arc over- looked. It is not simpl'y a nmeasure to efflarge the Supreme Court. Other fuiidamneital ,chaniges ini the: judicial, branchi of the goveriunient of 'farl- reaching con.sequences are. enbodied in it. On these there is a delcided* lack of fulifrain It isto I)e kept in mmid that the, ju.diciary,,consists, of circuit and -dist- rict courts. lIn thèse courts most 'of the ýcases of John Citizýen are settled., For iliein additional appointments are to be nmade.by -the President, under the terms of the bill, not to ex- ceed 50 as,a total-. 'Roving Judges" But thiat is not al! These new pointees are to ,have a u nique sti They are to begiven 'aplace in judicial ,S sstem w hich none o f seated ju(dges wiIl have., They arq short, to repireseita, group of" iing judges" who cati be niove4 f one court tQ another. They ari represent w~hat Judge John C. K of. New ork,, called a "flyinig sqi roîi." The seconid section of the Pi dent's 'bill begins w.ith this langu. "AtNy circuit jjudge hiereafter appc te(l may l)e designated and assis froin tinc'e to tinie bv the C Justice of the United Statesfor s ice, in the circuit court of appeals -any circuit." It wilI be niotedthat Chief Justice subserVient- to thie. pa rty in power, this authority to se.nd a par- ticular grolip of judges froin one couirt to another, opens the way for serious abuses. It is a potential meansof cortrolling decisions. If -it should be dccided that in a particular case involving Johri Citize n and the Government that> it would. be in the' "épublic interest" for the Governmet to win the case, a party ini power. could accomplish it simply by-assign- ing, its "-'special judge" ,.to the court where the case is- to be tried. If the case should be appealed to,the next court, John Citizen may then find' anothcr "specially assigned judge" ,to, hear his appea. This part of the President's bill should receive, considerably more at- tention than it bas> been receiving.9 One is prompted to wonder whether these 1snares in àthe language of the .ihîl are a pro(luct of, faulty draf ts-l mnanship orjintenition. k LIFE GUARD land Park. St, Eanson Corne to THE ýHUR-in. Evonston Fra Blue dYTTON-HI With White Flannels tion or. poor. drat tsrna 'jsflîp, trhe Prcsident's billi would clothe himf with, the 'Potential .power to control de- ciSiOns. Citez Present Status * Under the existilig law, tô be sure, judges may' be transferred. from one. * district to another. But ail judges are subject to transfer, and it can be made only when there is an accumulua- tion of business or %vhen there is a disabilitv or absenIce of a judge. andcino otner ijut terest" Ce * Power to he utc The language of the President's bill also does away with the necessity of having the concurrence of the judlges of the court from which and to, whjch the transfer is' made. Ail *Mrs. J. A. Hedglin, 1421 Forest avenue, and her daughters, Mrs. Bessie Grant andi Miss Katherine Hedglin, Were the guests of the Norman Krafts, formerly of Wil- mette, at their farm at. Nippersunk, Wis., for Memnorial day. HENRSY Ce LYTTON a Sois *OrrlRgtonanod CIiurcIa-EVANSTON, Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Evenin's e

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