Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives ... Identifying Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - Legislative power |
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... statute , invasion of privacy , and defamation ( arising out of their ac- tions during a committee investigation ) will be dismissed if not brought within the applicable statute of limitations . [ This case is pending in the U.S. Court ...
... statute , invasion of privacy , and defamation ( arising out of their ac- tions during a committee investigation ) will be dismissed if not brought within the applicable statute of limitations . [ This case is pending in the U.S. Court ...
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... statute , no genuine adver- sariness of interests exists and therefore there is no case or contro- versy under ... statute which specifically authorizes Members of Congress to challenge in court the legality of judicial appointments ...
... statute , no genuine adver- sariness of interests exists and therefore there is no case or contro- versy under ... statute which specifically authorizes Members of Congress to challenge in court the legality of judicial appointments ...
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... statute . ( 2 ) The Executive and Judicial branches can de- termine whether a Member's phone calls have been properly charged to the House of Representatives , since calls which are not strictly official are incidental to the exercise ...
... statute . ( 2 ) The Executive and Judicial branches can de- termine whether a Member's phone calls have been properly charged to the House of Representatives , since calls which are not strictly official are incidental to the exercise ...
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... statutes , rules , or guidelines during the course of an investigation does not require the dismissal of an indictment ... statute ( 18 U.S.C. § 201 ( c ) ) which pro- hibits a public official from soliciting anything of value in return ...
... statutes , rules , or guidelines during the course of an investigation does not require the dismissal of an indictment ... statute ( 18 U.S.C. § 201 ( c ) ) which pro- hibits a public official from soliciting anything of value in return ...
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... statute condemns the Congressman's actions and state of mind . His alleged promise to introduce private immigra- tion bills is a promise to perform " any official act . ' 18 U.S.C. § 201 ( c ) . [ Id . at 940 ] 99 Rep . Myers ' claim ...
... statute condemns the Congressman's actions and state of mind . His alleged promise to introduce private immigra- tion bills is a promise to perform " any official act . ' 18 U.S.C. § 201 ( c ) . [ Id . at 940 ] 99 Rep . Myers ' claim ...
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Page 667 - The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Page 654 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. " Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...
Page 651 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 649 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina...
Page 473 - The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. AMENDMENT XXVII [Proposed] * Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Page 653 - ... except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress.
Page 653 - Person. 2 The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3 No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. 4 * No capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 452 - The doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted by the Convention of 1787, not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power. The purpose was, not to avoid friction, but, by means of the inevitable friction incident to the distribution of the governmental powers among three departments, to save the people from autocracy.
Page 666 - The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 651 - Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.