Executive Privilege: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, 1st Session : Executive Privilege and Freedom of Information, Parts 1-2 |
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... give to his subordinates the clearest possible guidance in the matter . President Truman did just this in the particular area of release of data relating to the loyalty of Government employees back in 1948 . Another example , perhaps ...
... give to his subordinates the clearest possible guidance in the matter . President Truman did just this in the particular area of release of data relating to the loyalty of Government employees back in 1948 . Another example , perhaps ...
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... give them " any information requested of it relating to any matter within the jurisdiction of said Committee . " 1o In practice , 6. A number of such cases arose because , before the Eighteenth Amendment , federal law taxed makers and ...
... give them " any information requested of it relating to any matter within the jurisdiction of said Committee . " 1o In practice , 6. A number of such cases arose because , before the Eighteenth Amendment , federal law taxed makers and ...
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... give Congress more leeway in the exercise of the investigative power than is sug- gested by some of the language in the Kilbourne case . See , e.g. , FAIRMAN , MR . JUSTICE MILLER AND THE SUPREME Court 332-34 ( 1939 ) . But the Supreme ...
... give Congress more leeway in the exercise of the investigative power than is sug- gested by some of the language in the Kilbourne case . See , e.g. , FAIRMAN , MR . JUSTICE MILLER AND THE SUPREME Court 332-34 ( 1939 ) . But the Supreme ...
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... give the House Committee on the Judiciary access to the files relating to settlement of the anti- trust suit against American Telephone and Telegraph Company . The Deputy Attorney General said that such action " would violate the ...
... give the House Committee on the Judiciary access to the files relating to settlement of the anti- trust suit against American Telephone and Telegraph Company . The Deputy Attorney General said that such action " would violate the ...
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... give his " personal opinion " as to what ought to be done in a hypothetical case closely resembling the actual one . An- other sound principle is to produce promptly , and publicize as widely as pos- sible , all the germane facts ( such ...
... give his " personal opinion " as to what ought to be done in a hypothetical case closely resembling the actual one . An- other sound principle is to produce promptly , and publicize as widely as pos- sible , all the germane facts ( such ...
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Page 282 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.
Page 114 - It is important to bear in mind that we are here dealing not alone with an authority vested in the President by an exertion of legislative power, but with such an authority plus the very delicate, plenary and exclusive power of the President as the sole organ of the federal government in the field of international relations...
Page 150 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Page 219 - By the Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Page 168 - A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Page 102 - In the framework of our Constitution, the President's power to see that the laws are faithfully executed refutes the idea that he is to be a lawmaker. The Constitution limits his functions in the lawmaking process to the recommending of laws he thinks wise and the vetoing of laws he thinks bad.
Page 147 - This section does not authorize withholding information from the public or limiting the availability of records to the public.
Page 81 - 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...
Page 219 - Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority, and in conformity with his orders.
Page 85 - General of the United States. In the determination of auditing procedures to be followed and the extent of examination of vouchers and other documents, the Comptroller General shall give due regard to generally accepted principles of auditing, including consideration of the effectiveness of accounting organizations and systems, internal audit and control, and related administrative practices of the respective agencies.