W. J. v. Hhs

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How courts have described this case

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• concluding that denying the House the full record available, including the grand jury material, for use in impeachment would “clearly violate separation of powers principles”
• explaining that a House Committee’s interest in conducting “full and fair” impeachment inquiry constitutes particularized need compelling disclosure of entire grand jury record
• “Public confidence in a procedure as political and public as impeachment is an important consideration justifying disclosure.”
• “As the considerations justifying secrecy become less relevant, the burden of showing the need for disclosure is lessened.”
• “As the considerations justifying secrecy become less relevant, the burden of showing the need for disclosure is lessened.”
• the House “holds investigative powers that are ancillary to its impeachment power”

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