NO JOB FOR JUDGES
SIR,— Mr. R. A. Cline asserts, if I understand him correctly, in his article on the judiciary that the executive has too much power over the citizen in such matters as town planning, etc. He suggests that the judges should be restored 'to their tradi- tional task of adjudicating between the citizen and the State.' He is, I suppose, referring to the growth of special tribunals since the war—most of them being appointed by Ministers themselves. The im- portant point is that the Minister is responsible to Parliament. by whom he has been entrusted • to carry out a certain line of policy. He cannot he expected, therefore, to agree to decisions by the judgeS which will delay or obstruct these policies being carried out. The judiciary, in fact. must not have any power over policies which have been constitutionally passed by Parliament.
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