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On Tuesday, July 7th, in support of President Roosevelt's proposal for Supreme Court reform I presented on the floor of the Senate an historical picture of the functioning of this great Court of last resort which showed it to be something very different from the school-book conception of a great, impartial tribunal symbolized by the blind goddess with the evenly balanced scales of justice.  >>more...>>

Title:     Politics and Supreme Courts
Author:    Guffey, Joseph F.
Date:     August 20,1937

Type:     Speech

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Court Packing

Notes:     Published in Vital Speeches of the Day, March 15, 1937, Vol. 3, No. 11., p.