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UF00083635_00017_pdf.txt

It would be difficult to gather together a group of Floridians
sore dedicated to the upholdin of the constitution of the
United 5tates--the part of gov ment that touches the people.

BasicNthetogu nust feel that your job is right.
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But that your duties arrived at in agreed fashion.

Yet the Genet. is being tortured out of historical proportion
by decisicm eiter decision of the U. 3. Supreme Court

The decisions, cumulatively, seek. by fiat to substitutes
hlizsophy 3 gov. contrary to that cents-plated by James
on et .

This is not the first tine. As recently as as: 19308. this

was done, but with a difference. In that once, elected,

representati've hodzjV made changes in a hurryf1 the judiciary
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approved. oday, appointed Justices do e Job. We reap t
30 e

The fiat now exercised involves certain basic aesun one

concerning that is best for the American wasy of 1 and

amends the Constitution to effect" thoseende.

What was orig. drawn as-e compact between the states to
create e Fed Gov. with certain express powers threatens by
decision of the High Court to become a one-m ticket to a

ted. beaucracy. with states W possessing
less and less auth.

The tragedy is the failure to realise that States ighta- s're
people's rights. Gov. is too big and complex for true denocracy-w'
the only compromise is representative gov. in 55111 enough

units preserve the control in the people, and yet have

the advantages of con-on action.

Democracy was always exp-mire.

are may be some the shudder as we thl criticise the Highcourt.
We have toned the habit of respect, and that has been because,
the Court, in the vest uajority of cases. he deservedrespect.

W To criticise is not
to revolt. To rene the political consequences of a. decision

is uite s different thing from refusing obedience to orders
mill-i decreed upon participents to a suit.

The people of. the us are the rightful Enters of both congress.
and the courts not to overthrow the onstitution, but to over-

throw the men who perfert the Constitution.

The 3!: one Court has taken it u itself to say,
by ite-eet one, tutu-herehipin t eJDo-nuniot Party is I.
more nutter of political easooietione-thntedvocecy of fa'ci-
hle overthrew or our governnent short of incitement of
direct action, is e henleee political activity.

nah en
I believe that to be m errors-end m error
which violetee Mon, petriotien. end law.

The Sup-nee court he takn it upon itself to en thet
the State of New York any hot diechnrge e' tee er or
its children who refuses to etete he 15.,not e-nenber at
the Conuniet Party.

The Supt-n court hee taken itupon itself-to eey thet the
State of editor-hie met edeit to its bar or juetice e nun
who rerueee to enewer the motion ofehether or'nothe

in, at the time of hinepp .etion, e-nenher of-the bonnuniet
Party in thie country.

The Supt-me court told the Stete of lee white that ite
Legiolnture n t not inquire into the the ectuel content orm
required-utter: once lecture et e Stete university, with
Coll-union to had written that violence to Justify the

Soviet Syetee no Justifiedhut that violence to me-

the capiteliet eyetee-uee dole donned-woe for teelf end
once for ite purposes. '

The Supra-e Court told tu State of honeybee that
it might tehe no notion against Steve Nelson, on ednitted
Oouuniet, even though e Jury hed found hie guilty of
violating the enti~euhvereion Low or that eovereip) state.

Theee error-e night not he frightening accept for one thing--
there it no W effective Constitutional
room". the judgee are beyond, the power. '01? 27.10111, hand
so long on they eit they oen eiemd any enendnent to the

Constitution thet night he etten ed.
Pt who one ot'theloet

Vigoroue pmteet, rather then being wrong, in effeetiee
ueqne M which the people, expener the luster
of their govemnent, have of recapturing eir government.

The pet e should amend, however that their representltim
in the e lature tote at least three specific etepe to improve
the bed a tuetion in inch we find ourseliu.

L Adviee the Supp-1e Court by the moat vigoroue repreeentetien
tht the course upon which they on steering is uncomtitutionel.

28. Propoee e clarification of the Tenth Aaendnent to protect the
tetee' eeeerved powers in uneistokehle tome.

Revise the not. of eelecti' Federal Judges to ensure
ort

udicm oe ci rather then iticel d one-em
{provide 303-3: of renovnlpoehort of mum."

k Enact legislation to undo as v on _,a port: of then
decisions as 1: possible short 0 constitutional amendment




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4; t:naet legislation to undo F:s great a portion of these decisions as is possible shcet of constitutional amendment