...of the effort to secure the witness's testimony was to obtain information for legislative purposes. It is quite true that the resolution directing the...which the investigation was calculated to elicit. 42S47'— 27 12 Opinion of the Court. 273 US This becomes manifest when it is reflected that the functions...

...of the effort to secure the witness's testimony was to obtain information for legislative purposes. It is quite true that the resolution directing the...which the investigation was calculated to elicit. Opinion of the Court. 273 US This becomes manifest when it is reflected that the functions of the Department...

...bounds of the power are exceeded or the questions are not pertinent to the matter under inquiry. . . . It is quite true that the resolution directing the...calculated to elicit. This becomes manifest when it is refleeted that the functions of the Department of Justice, the powers and duties of the Attorney General...

...bounds of the power are exceeded or the questions are not pertinent to the matter under inquiry. . . . It is quite true that the resolution directing the...calculated to elicit. This becomes manifest when it fleeted that the functions of the Department of Justice, the powers and duties of the Attorney General...

...under the Constitution. being recited, concerned a subject on which legislation could be had which would be materially aided by the information which the investigation was calculated to elicit. It is to be presumed that the object of the Senate in ordering such an investigation is to aid it in...

...under the Constitution. being recited, concerned a subject on which legislation could be had which would be materially aided by the information which the investigation was calculated to elicit. It is to be presumed that the object of the Senate in ordering such an investigation is to aid it in...

...addressed to a valid legislative purpose. In the McGrain case, the Court found this purpose to exist: Plainly the subject was one on which legislation could...and would be- materially aided by the information the investigation was calculated to elicit, (p. 177.) Thus, the essential elements of a Congressional...

...respect of the institution and prosecution of proceedings to punish crimes and enforce appropriate1 remedies against the wrongdoers — specific instances...which the investigation was calculated to elicit. Opinion of the Court. • 273 US This becomes manifest when it is reflected that the functions of the...

...Daugherty. (2) The Attorney General's administration of the Job tic e Department was "/p/lainly £a subject^ on which legislation could be had and would be materially...which the investigation was calculated to elicit. " 273 US at 177. (3) It was not "a valid objection to the investigation that it might possibly disclose...

...executive officials in connection with the 1972 presidential campaign -- is "/ p_Aainly ¡_a. subject/ on which legislation could be had and would be materially...which the investigation was calculated to elicit." McGrain v. Daugherty. 273 US 135, 177 (1927), This case is thus wholly unlike Kilbourn v. Thompson,...