Supreme Court· 1/17/1927

McGrain v. Daugherty

Citations

273 U.S. 135
47 S. Ct. 319
71 L. Ed. 580
1927 U.S. LEXIS 985
50 A.L.R. 1

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holding that a Congressional committee can investigate the failure United States Attorney General to prosecute
concluding that “[t]he only legitimate object the Senate could have in ordering the investigation was to aid it in legislating, and we think the subject-matter was such that the presumption should be indulged that this was the real object”
noting that “[a]n express avowal of the object” of an investigation would aid the courts in reviewing the Senate’s purpose
stating that “the subject” of investigation “was one on which legislation could be had”
stating that “the subject” of investigation “was one on which legislation could be had”
affirming the Senate’s right to enforce its power of inquiry by subpoenaing witnesses for information relevant to its legislative concerns

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Judges: Van Devanter, Stone

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