State Ex Rel. Quelch v. Daugherty

It seems to me that the majority in its eagerness to demonstrate that this Court has the inherent power to regulate the practice of law has ignored the familiar postulate that a legislative act relating to the practice of law is not necessarily invalid. We recognized this principle in one of our earliest cases relating to the qualifications for the practice of law:

“But notwithstanding the jurisdiction of the courts over the subject it has been generally conceded that the legislature may in the exercise of its police power, prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for admissions to the bar,…