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Popular distrust of the courts
Why the people distrust the courts (A) the courts have usurped the power to declare laws unconstitutional
Why the people distrust the courts (B) the courts have seized the power to declare some statutes invalid, because unconstitutional, have come to declare other statutes invalid merely because the judges disapprove the policy of such legislation
Why the people distrust the courts (C) the judges by reading their own views into statutes, to the exclusion of the legislative intent, have made the judiciary, in effect, a lawmaking branch of the government
Why the people distrust the courts (D) the poor man is not on an equality with the rich one before the courts
Dangers of popular distrust of courts
Suggestions concerning reforms in the judiciary.
Why the people distrust the courts (A) the courts have usurped the power to declare laws unconstitutional
Why the people distrust the courts (B) the courts have seized the power to declare some statutes invalid, because unconstitutional, have come to declare other statutes invalid merely because the judges disapprove the policy of such legislation
Why the people distrust the courts (C) the judges by reading their own views into statutes, to the exclusion of the legislative intent, have made the judiciary, in effect, a lawmaking branch of the government
Why the people distrust the courts (D) the poor man is not on an equality with the rich one before the courts
Dangers of popular distrust of courts
Suggestions concerning reforms in the judiciary.