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June 20, 1947.

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Rx: No. 102, Manson v. California.

At the suggestion of one of the mothers of the Conference,
I an deleting on p. 7 the following eenteneee:

"If courts under our Bonatitutionnl eyeten did not have
that power, the courts would be able to protect our
liberties only to the extent of the Bill of Rights and
the other definite prohibitions against legislation in
the Constitution. No doubt the legislative bodies would
carefully guard against other infringemte but it would
leave the responsibility solely to legiolaturee. the
Constitution avoids, 5..€§‘$1”éh-a,e poseible, the concentra—
tion of all power over my eubj e‘et. into the hands of
either the Judicial, the Legislative or the Executive.
The doctrine of. the separation of powers recognises
that ‘3er lies at the end of that road.‘

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STANLEI REED.