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Temuka Leader, Issue 1570, 19 April 1887, Page 2

THE SUPREME COURT.

Thb Hod. Mr Rolleston got extremely indignant oyer Mr Balance's hint of a reform in the Supreme Ooart. We agree with him that Judges of the Supreme Court should not be reduced to the level of creatures of Government, but Mr Bal lance’s suggestion does not imply any such thing. Mr Rolleston, we suppose, knows that Parliament is In theory the highest court in tht land. That being so, why should there not be facilities given for appealing to the highest tribunal if litigants are dissatisfied with the judgements of inferior Courts? Has Mr Rolleston never head of an appeal to the House of Lords or Privy Council / Supposing Mr Reliance did nothing but reduce the theoretical function of Parliament to practice, and make it in reality the highest Court of the land, would he do anything more than ha* been done in the Senate to which wo look as a model of all that is legislatively perfect? The Judges of the Supreme Court must be rendered independent of party politics, but we do not admit at all that the Supremo Court is ao perfect that reform is not possible, nor that Judges are infallible. Who knows what Mr Ballance’s proposals are, and where is the necessity for getting into a passion over them until details are before the Country ?