Constitutional US Law

Tag: Investigations in Aid of Legislation

  • Protection of Witnesses Constitutional Guarantees

    Congressional Investigations in Aid of Legislation – Protection of Witnesses; Constitutional Guarantees"[T]he Congress, in common with all branches of the Government, must exercise its powers subject to the limitations placed by the Constitution on governmental action, more particularly in the …

  • Protection of Witnesses Pertinency

    Congressional Investigations in Aid of Legislation – Protection of Witnesses; Pertinency and Related MattersA witness appearing before a congressional committee is entitled to require of the committee a demonstration of its authority to inquire into his activities and a showing that the questions as…

  • Investigations in Aid of Legislation

    Congressional Investigations in Aid of Legislation PurposeBeginning with a resolution adopted by the House of Representatives in 1827, which vested its Committee on Manufactures "with the power to send for persons and papers with a view to ascertain and report to this House in relation to a rev…