No Rest

The serious condition which has been brought about in the Supreme Court by the overwhelming number and complexity of cases which the Court must hear, was called to the attention of the New York Bar Association by Solicitor General James M. Beck. According to Mr. Beck the Court literally does ten times as much work as it did in the days of Chief Justice Marshall. He regards the pressure under which the Court works as a dangerous condition.

A bill sponsored by Chief Justice Taft has already ben introduced into Congress to relieve this condition. The object of the bill is to make all appeals, except those in certain kinds of cases, " as of grace and not of right." In other words, the Court will have the right to go over the cases presented and select for consideration only those which it considers important. By this means the Court will be able to secure the leisure necessary for the proper consideration of its important decisions.