Federal Court Quotes
Originally it was published in Boston under the name “A Columbian Patriot.” She was worried about the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court extending throughout the country and yet the nation was very much smaller then than it is today. However, transport and communications have grown with the country.
This was FDR’s plan to “pack” the Supreme Court as it was the older justices who were voting against him. Many justices have been very productive even into their 80s. Although Roosevelt was arguably the most popular president in history and was elected for 4 terms, he was rebuffed on this attempt to alter the system of checks and balances.
The local government of Hazleton passed an ordinance regulating the affairs of immigrants many of whom were illegal. While dealing with immigrants has always been a Federal Responsibility, Barletta and others took the position that since the Federal Government was not doing it’s job controlling immigration, the local government could do so. The Federal Court had just ruled the Hazelton law unconstitutional and the mayor was disappointed.