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judges in one category and all the other judges in
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another, or would you put each in his own tier?
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JUDGE PRENDERGAST: I would have them in dif-
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ferent tiers and not interchangeable because 1 think that
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what is known as Greachara's Law in Economics would apply
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to the judges. As you know, Greacham's Law is a law
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that where you have two kinds of currency, one better and
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one inferior, inferior drives the better out. gold and
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silver. I think that is what is going to happen under
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Paragraph 7. You are going to wind up with a lower cate-
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gory of judge in both benches. We know we had the same
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lofty ideas when we first dreamed up the Municipal Court
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in 1953. It came to fruition eight years later. I won't
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comment on the results, but I am afraid that is what you
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are going to run into. The People's Court should have its
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own definite jurisdiction, and the judges ought not serve
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on any other court. The Circuit Court should have its
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definite jurisdiction, not subject to service on the
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People's Court, but subject to service on the Appellate
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Court or the Court of Appeals, as we have today, in an
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emergency, not as a steady diet. If you don't do that, I
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