Word: effect
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...office of proctor, the direct transfer of cases involving constitutional issues from the court of origin to the Supreme Court, the notification of the Attorney General's office before an injunction is issued, each of these measures is worthy of consideration. The "delicate subject" of old age and its effect on the competent work is also deserving of much thought, but where it is coupled with the suggestion for fifteen judges the complexion of the matter changes...
When President Roosevelt suggests in effect six new judges be appointed by him, he is disregarding a fundamental tenet of American democracy, the independence of the judiciary. The Court long been inviolate to both parties and unless it remains so the entire structure of the Federal Government will be altered. Last November the issue was not raised. President Roosevelt is willing to revert to the discredited methods of Republican Reconstructionists. No reading of history, no twisting of logic can support a policy of packing the Court, whatever the ends in view...
...Stoddard Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board cleared the atmosphere by announcing the long-awaited increase in reserve requirements. The raise was 33⅓%, which coming on top of the 50% raise last summer was the full limit allowed by law. One-half of the increase will go into effect March 1, the other half...
Judge Mack found that, contrary to Bond & Share's argument, the provisions of the act which compel utility holding companies to register and file information with SEC could themselves "be given legal effect as a separate, workable act," that they were thus separable from the other provisions and had been so intended by Congress. On the question of their constitutionality he ruled that, as Congress has the power to regulate electricity and gas rates in interstate commerce, it can require, as an aid to that regulation, full information from the companies involved. Dismissing Bond & Share's cross bill...
History and Government, Mathematics and Philosophy, and the others are about another eight per cent behind the Sciences. It must be kept in mind, however, that for many of the students included in this survey, the old distribution rules, requiring specific courses, were in effect. Further, the tendency to take a literature course in a foreign language as a means of satisfying a language requirement would also have the effect of boosting the Literature total. The Dean's office plans in the future to take a good sized sample of each class, to determine which fields attract most students...