The Court Reaches for Total Power

In its decision of June 17 the Warren Court, says one of the most erudite of American journalists, has thrown down gage which Congress must take up unless it is willing to abdicate

The 17th of June was a Decision Day in the vast, muted, alabastrine palace of the United States Supreme Court, a steamingly humid, unseasonable day without. The decisions announced within may well mark the date in future as our 18th Brumaire—the occasion on which the Court asserted its power over the Congress as on that November day in 1799 the Napoleon Consulate seized power from the Council of the Five Hundred.

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In its decision of June 17 the Warren Court, says one of the most erudite of American journalists, has thrown down gage which Congress must take up unless it is willing to abdicate

The 17th of June was a Decision Day in the vast, muted, alabastrine palace of the United States Supreme Court, a steamingly humid, unseasonable day without. The decisions announced within may well mark the date in future as our 18th Brumaire—the occasion on which the Court asserted its power over the Congress as on that November day in 1799 the Napoleon Consulate seized power from the Council of the Five Hundred.