It may be harder to put a stop to the practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.
That will have to be done, if at all, by the good sense of the Judges.

The recent opinions of the Court in what are known as the Insular Cases have shocked the country and greatly diminished the weight and authority of the tribunal.

This was not because of public disapproval of the opinion of the Court.

It was because upon one of the greatest questions of Constitutional law and Constitutional liberty that ever went to judgment, there could be found no single reason for the decision of the Court strong enough to convince any two judges.
The fact that I have been for nearly thirty-five years in public life, and likely to be, if I live, in public life a few years longer, is an instance of how-- The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley.
Down to the time I was admitted to the Bar, and indeed for a year later, my dream and highest ambition were to spend my life as what is called an office lawyer, making deeds and giving advice in small transactions.

I supposed I was absolutely without capacity for public speaking.