Organization of Congress: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, Pursuant to S. Con. Res. 2, Volumes 14-16U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945 |
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... CONDUCT 1053 A. English and Colonial Precedents 1056 B. Early Congressional Precedents 1060 II . THE " EXECUTIVE POWER " CONTAINS NO HISTORICAL LIMITA- TIONS ON LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY 1067 .... III . HISTORY MUSTERED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ...
... CONDUCT 1053 A. English and Colonial Precedents 1056 B. Early Congressional Precedents 1060 II . THE " EXECUTIVE POWER " CONTAINS NO HISTORICAL LIMITA- TIONS ON LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY 1067 .... III . HISTORY MUSTERED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ...
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... close bounds . . . . Perhaps France would have been better off if the Stavisky scandal had been investigated rather than hushed up . " Wyzanski 102 . conduct.38 Few would deny that , as a practical matter 1050 2076 ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS.
... close bounds . . . . Perhaps France would have been better off if the Stavisky scandal had been investigated rather than hushed up . " Wyzanski 102 . conduct.38 Few would deny that , as a practical matter 1050 2076 ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS.
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... conduct.38 Few would deny that , as a practical matter , resort to unlimited executive privilege could cripple the Congress and render it impotent to carry out its functions.34 That information is far more frequently furnished than ...
... conduct.38 Few would deny that , as a practical matter , resort to unlimited executive privilege could cripple the Congress and render it impotent to carry out its functions.34 That information is far more frequently furnished than ...
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... CONDUCT The broad power of Congress to inquire into executive conduct is deeply rooted in parliamentary and colonial history and was immediately asserted by the first Congress . So much has received express recognition by the Supreme ...
... CONDUCT The broad power of Congress to inquire into executive conduct is deeply rooted in parliamentary and colonial history and was immediately asserted by the first Congress . So much has received express recognition by the Supreme ...
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... conduct of the Department of Justice . But the determination that " the adminis- tration of the Department of Justice . . . and particularly whether the Attorney General and his assistants were performing or neglect- ing their duties ...
... conduct of the Department of Justice . But the determination that " the adminis- tration of the Department of Justice . . . and particularly whether the Attorney General and his assistants were performing or neglect- ing their duties ...
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Página 2184 - ... proceedings, punish members for disorderly behavior, and, with the consent of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same offense...
Página 2157 - The rationale of the criminal cases is that, since the Government which prosecutes an accused also has the duty to see that justice is done, it is unconscionable to allow it to undertake prosecution and then invoke its governmental privileges to deprive the accused of anything which might be material to his defense.
Página 2103 - The power being given, it is the interest of the nation to facilitate its execution. It can never be their interest, and cannot be presumed to have been their intention, to clog and embarrass its execution by withholding the most appropriate means.
Página 2073 - I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our powers boundless. Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.
Página 2212 - Deciding whether a matter has in any measure been committed by the Constitution to another branch of government, or whether the action of that branch exceeds whatever authority...
Página 2138 - All departments and establishments shall furnish to the Comptroller General such information regarding the powers, duties, activities, organization, financial transactions, and methods of business of their respective offices as he may from time to time require of them; and the Comptroller General, or any of his assistants or employees, when duly authorized by him, shall, for the purpose of securing such information, have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records...
Página 2161 - The problem is one that calls for balancing the public interest in protecting the flow of information against the individual's right to prepare his defense.
Página 2153 - Judicial control over the evidence in a case cannot be abdicated to the caprice of executive officers. Yet we will not go so far as to say that the court may automatically require a complete disclosure to the judge before the claim of privilege will be accepted in any case.
Página 2213 - Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve a political question is found a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; or the impossibility of deciding without an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial discretion; or the impossibility of a court's undertaking independent resolution without expressing...
Página 2294 - Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 584 and ask for its immediate consideration.