Limits Needed for High Court
Item
Title
Limits Needed for High Court
Issue Date
25 June 1957
Issue
Vol. 64, No. 5
Issue Editor
John Neel
Description
Written in response to several cases "handed down by the high court in recent weeks." (See note below.)
It argues that the U.S. Supreme Court needs to be brought back into balance with the other branches of government. It specifically mentions the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, calling it "an encroachment on the powers of Congress and on the basic rights of the individual states."
Note: It is difficult to know which specific case(s) this was written in reaction to. On June 17, several decisions were announced that put communists and socialists on the winning side, particularly Yates v. United States, which clarified First Amendment protections for radical speech, and Sweezy v. New Hampshire, which involved academic freedom of speech. It may also be a general response to the liberal nature of the Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren.
It argues that the U.S. Supreme Court needs to be brought back into balance with the other branches of government. It specifically mentions the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, calling it "an encroachment on the powers of Congress and on the basic rights of the individual states."
Note: It is difficult to know which specific case(s) this was written in reaction to. On June 17, several decisions were announced that put communists and socialists on the winning side, particularly Yates v. United States, which clarified First Amendment protections for radical speech, and Sweezy v. New Hampshire, which involved academic freedom of speech. It may also be a general response to the liberal nature of the Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren.