D.C. Circuit· 2/7/1938

Townsend v. United States

Citations

95 F.2d 352
68 App. D.C. 223
1938 U.S. App. LEXIS 4120

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Congress's \power to conduct a hearing for legislative purposes is not to be measured by recommendations for legislation or their absence.\
the fact that a congressional inquiry might seem “incompetent, irrelevant,” “embarrass[ing],” or even “impertinent” is generally immaterial
Congress’s “power to conduct a hearing for legislative purposes is not to be measured by recommendations for legislation or their absence.”
Congress’s “power to conduct a hearing for legislative purposes is not to be measured by recommendations for legislation or their absence.”
defines “knowingly” as “[w]ith knowledge; consciously; intelligently, willfully; intentionally”

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Judges: Leslie C. Garnett

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