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, 1950United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 107 pages |
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... judicial procedure . 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 ...
... judicial procedure . 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 ...
Page 48
... quasi - judicial tribunal . The CHAIRMAN . Where does it find its place for accountability in our form of government ? We have the executive branch ; we have the legislative branch ; and we have the judicial branch . Those are the ...
... quasi - judicial tribunal . The CHAIRMAN . Where does it find its place for accountability in our form of government ? We have the executive branch ; we have the legislative branch ; and we have the judicial branch . Those are the ...
Page 49
... judicial branch of our Government ? Mr. GIBSON . I would say that they are not . They are more nearly a part of the ... quasi - legislative functions ; they perform certain quasi - judi- cial functions ; and they perform certain ...
... judicial branch of our Government ? Mr. GIBSON . I would say that they are not . They are more nearly a part of the ... quasi - legislative functions ; they perform certain quasi - judi- cial functions ; and they perform certain ...
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... quasi - judicial and quasi - legislative . Like the Interstate Commerce Commission , its members are called upon to exercise the trained judgment of a body of experts " appointed by law and informed by experience " ( Illinois Central R ...
... quasi - judicial and quasi - legislative . Like the Interstate Commerce Commission , its members are called upon to exercise the trained judgment of a body of experts " appointed by law and informed by experience " ( Illinois Central R ...
Page 64
... quasi judicial or quasi legislative . The only thing they are recommending here is in regard to organiza- tional structure and the administrative concentration of authority . You will agree with me on that point ? Mr. CURRY . I think ...
... quasi judicial or quasi legislative . The only thing they are recommending here is in regard to organiza- tional structure and the administrative concentration of authority . You will agree with me on that point ? Mr. CURRY . I think ...
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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.