| 1926 - 254 páginas
...and appropriate to make the express powers effective; and, the other, that neither House is vested with 'general' power to inquire into private affairs...constitutional interpretation just stated is rightly applied. The latter proposition has further support in Harriman v. Interstate Commerce Commission, (211 US 407,... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities - 1953 - 840 páginas
...into personal and private affairs is precluded." In McGrain v. Davgherty (273 US 135), the Court said: "Neither House is invested with .general. power to inquire into private affairs and to compel disclosures." And in Kilbourn v. Thompson (103 US 168) , the Court said : "Neither the Senate... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1956 - 1940 páginas
...affairs — and, may I say, personal tragedy — is precluded. I rely on the McGrain and Daugherty case : Neither House is invested with general power to inquire into private affairs and to compel disclosures. I don't want to read the rest of this, gentlemen, but I do want to say that... | |
| 1927 - 1640 páginas
...1420.] Congress, § 2 — extent of power to inquire into private affairs. 8. Neither House of Congress is invested with general power to inquire into private...but only with such limited power of inquiry as is necessary to make its express powers effective. Constitutional law, § 30 — practical construction... | |
| 1927 - 1702 páginas
...1420.] Congress, § 2 — extent of power to inquire into private affairs. 8. Neither House of Congress is invested with general power to inquire into private...but only with such limited power of inquiry as is necessary to make its express powers effective. Constitutional law, § 30 — practical construction... | |
| Alice Gram, Velma Hitchcock - 1928 - 390 páginas
...settle two propositions which we recognize as entirely sound and having a bearing on its solution: One, that the two houses of Congress, in their separate...exist when the rule of constitutional interpretation stated is rightly applied. A legislative body cannot legislate wisely or effectively in the absence... | |
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