Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution 60: Watergate and Related Activities, Hearings Before the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, First-[second] Session ...

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Σελίδα 1539 - State or national are divided into the three grand departments, the executive, the legislative and the judicial. That the functions appropriate to each of these branches of government shall be vested in a separate body of public servants, and that the perfection of the system requires that the lines which separate and divide these departments shall be broadly and clearly defined.
Σελίδα 1302 - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions wherein the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and arises under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States.
Σελίδα 1265 - Some play must be allowed for the joints of the machine, and it must be remembered that legislatures are ultimate guardians of the liberties and welfare of the people in quite as great a degree as the courts" (Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry.
Σελίδα 1261 - The power of the Congress to conduct investigations is inherent in the legislative process. That power is broad. It encompasses inquiries concerning the administration of existing laws as well as proposed or possibly needed statutes. It includes surveys of defects in our social, economic or political system for the purpose of enabling the Congress to remedy them. It comprehends probes into departments of the Federal Government to expose corruption, inefficiency or waste.
Σελίδα 1849 - We are of opinion that the power of inquiry — with process to enforce it — is an essential and appropriate auxiliary to the legislative function.
Σελίδα 1274 - It is the proper duty of a representative body to look diligently into every affair of government and to talk much about what it sees.
Σελίδα 1804 - personal stake in the outcome of the controversy," Baker v. Carr, 369 US 186, 204, 82 S.Ct. 691, 703, 7 L.Ed.2d 663, as to ensure that "the dispute sought to be adjudicated will be presented in an adversary context and in a form historically viewed as capable of judicial resolution.
Σελίδα 1276 - We have no doubt that there is no congressional power to expose for the sake of exposure. The public is, of course, entitled to be informed concerning the workings of its government. That cannot be inflated into a general power to expose where the predominant result can only be an invasion of the private rights of individuals.
Σελίδα 1562 - There is no general authority to expose the private affairs of individuals without justification in terms of the functions of the Congress . . . Nor is the Congress a law enforcement or trial agency. These are functions of the executive and judicial departments of government. No inquiry is an end in itself; it must be related to, and in furtherance of, a legitimate task of the Congress.
Σελίδα 1532 - It is true that in most cases involving claims of due process deprivations we require a showing of identifiable prejudice to the accused. Nevertheless, at times a procedure employed by the State involves such a probability that prejudice will result that it is deemed inherently lacking in due process.

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