Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1950: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 545, Resolved, that the House of Representatives Does Not Favor the Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1950 Transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 13, 1950U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 107 pages |
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I recall that years ago one of our Presidents attempted to remove a member of the Fed- eral Trade Commission and the courts overruled him . I presume the same procedures and principles of law would apply in the REORGANIZATION PLAN NO .
I recall that years ago one of our Presidents attempted to remove a member of the Fed- eral Trade Commission and the courts overruled him . I presume the same procedures and principles of law would apply in the REORGANIZATION PLAN NO .
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Another group , headed by Representative Ragan , wanted to leave enforcement to the courts , which , he said , " are within convenient reach of the people and with whose methods of procedure they are familiar .
Another group , headed by Representative Ragan , wanted to leave enforcement to the courts , which , he said , " are within convenient reach of the people and with whose methods of procedure they are familiar .
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Apparently the Commission was regarded very much like a court and entitled to the same consideration . 5 The Commission is an independent regulatory agency performing quasi - legislative , quasi - judicial , as well as certain ...
Apparently the Commission was regarded very much like a court and entitled to the same consideration . 5 The Commission is an independent regulatory agency performing quasi - legislative , quasi - judicial , as well as certain ...
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While President Wilson is reported to have said that he would as soon think of proffering suggestions to the Supreme Court upon a matter before it as to suggest how the Commission should decide a case , 12 in later years there have been ...
While President Wilson is reported to have said that he would as soon think of proffering suggestions to the Supreme Court upon a matter before it as to suggest how the Commission should decide a case , 12 in later years there have been ...
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Then in case of the judiciary , the orders of these commissioners or this commission is subject to review under well established procedures by the courts . The CHAIRMAN . That is true of every law that we have passed . Mr. GIBSON .
Then in case of the judiciary , the orders of these commissioners or this commission is subject to review under well established procedures by the courts . The CHAIRMAN . That is true of every law that we have passed . Mr. GIBSON .
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Page 99 - Roosevelt addressed a letter to the commissioner asking for his resignation, on the ground "that the aims and purposes of the Administration with respect to the work of the Commission can be carried out most effectively with personnel of my own selection," but disclaiming any reflection upon the commissioner personally or upon his services.
Page 56 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation, subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each...
Page 49 - The authority of Congress, in creating quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial agencies, to require them to act in discharge of their duties independently of executive control, cannot well be doubted; and that authority includes, as an appropriate incident, power to fix the period during which they shall continue, and to forbid their removal except for cause in the meantime.
Page 82 - Legal obligations that exist but cannot be enforced are ghosts that are seen in the law but that are elusive to the grasp.
Page 49 - The Commission is to be nonpartisan; and it must, from the very nature of its duties, act with entire impartiality. It is charged with the enforcement of no policy except the policy of the law.
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| Title | Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1950: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 545, Resolved, that the House of Representatives Does Not Favor the Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1950 ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 |
| Length | 107 pages |
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