THE JUDICIARY AND RELIGIOUS EQUALITY.
(Received October 24, 10 p.m.) LONDON, October 24
Mr Waldorf Aster (Unionist—Plymouth) moved an amendment to prevent tho Irish Parliament from legislating to deprive tho people of liberty without duo legal process. _ Tho Prime Minister objected to any limitation that would enthrone the Judiciary. Tho ultimate tribunal was the very problem now being discussed in the United States—whether it was safe for the Legislature of a democratic community to work under fetters. Such a body, not responsible to the public for its works, was not found in tho Constitution of any of tho Dominions.
Mk Bonar Law, leader of the Opposition, recalled the fact that Mr Asquith voted in favor of a similar amendment in 1893. Mr Aster’s amendment waa defeated by 299 votes to 197. Clause 3 (prohibition of laws interfering with religious equality) was guillotined, shutting out fifty-two amendments.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8261, 25 October 1912, Page 7
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