All this represented a course of policy which, if carried out, would mean the enthronement of class privilege in its crudest and most brutal form, and the destruction of one of the most essential functions of the judiciary in all civilized lands.
Roosevelt warns against policies that favor class privilege and undermine the judiciary's essential functions.
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