Our Nation's Nuclear Warning System: Will it Work If We Need It? : Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, September 26, 1985U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 136 pages |
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... Executive privilege , when the Congress went to the mat and the committee voted to hold Secretary Watt in con- tempt and reported that contempt to the floor , the executive branch backed down and made the information available . That is ...
... Executive privilege , when the Congress went to the mat and the committee voted to hold Secretary Watt in con- tempt and reported that contempt to the floor , the executive branch backed down and made the information available . That is ...
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... Executive official general , admiral , nor Secretary -- -- no can withhold ... Executive privilege can be invoked only by the President and will not be used ... Branch to Provide Information to the Congress , 1964-1973 , Sen. Comm . on ...
... Executive official general , admiral , nor Secretary -- -- no can withhold ... Executive privilege can be invoked only by the President and will not be used ... Branch to Provide Information to the Congress , 1964-1973 , Sen. Comm . on ...
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... Executive Branch shortcomings , and to obtain the testimony and the documents necessary for that inquiry . As the Court said in Watkins v . United States , 354 U.S. 17 , 187 ( 1957 ) , Congressional investigative power " encompasses ...
... Executive Branch shortcomings , and to obtain the testimony and the documents necessary for that inquiry . As the Court said in Watkins v . United States , 354 U.S. 17 , 187 ( 1957 ) , Congressional investigative power " encompasses ...
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... executive branch information if it is to perform its manifold responsibilities effectively . " Murphy v . Department of the Army , 613 F.2d 1151 , 1158 ( D.C. Cir . 1979 ) . For the particular document demanded here , concerning ...
... executive branch information if it is to perform its manifold responsibilities effectively . " Murphy v . Department of the Army , 613 F.2d 1151 , 1158 ( D.C. Cir . 1979 ) . For the particular document demanded here , concerning ...
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... Executive Privilege : A Constitutional Myth 18 ( 1974 ) . Thereafter , " [ i ] nquiries into the conduct of a war ... Branch of the public Business . ' " Id . at 18 & n . 22 ( citations omitted ) . To look into this disaster , the House ...
... Executive Privilege : A Constitutional Myth 18 ( 1974 ) . Thereafter , " [ i ] nquiries into the conduct of a war ... Branch of the public Business . ' " Id . at 18 & n . 22 ( citations omitted ) . To look into this disaster , the House ...
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Page 111 - States who is highest on the following list, and who is not under disability to discharge the powers and duties of the office of President shall act as President: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation.
Page 111 - If, by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or failure to qualify, there is neither a President nor Vice President to discharge the powers and duties of the office of President, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, upon his resignation as Speaker and as Representative in Congress, act as President. (2) The same rule shall apply in the case of the death...
Page 111 - An individual acting as president under subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section shall continue to act until the expiration of the then current presidential term, except that — ( 1 ) If his discharge of the powers and duties of the office is founded in whole or in part on the failure of both the President-elect and the VicePresident-elect to qualify, then he shall act only until a President or...
Page 94 - We are called The Grand Inquest of the Nation ; and, as such, it is our duty to inquire into every step of public management, both abroad and at home, in order to see that nothing has been done amiss.
Page 112 - ... not terminate his service. (3) The taking of the oath of office by an individual specified in the list in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be held to constitute his resignation from the office by virtue of the holding of which he qualifies to act as President. (e) Subsections (a), (b), and (d) of this section shall apply only to such officers as are eligible to the office of President under the Constitution. Subsection <d) of this section shall apply only to officers appointed, by and with...
Page 103 - As you know, this Administration has gone to great lengths to achieve full cooperation with the Congress in making available to it all appropriate documents, correspondence and information. That is the basic policy of this Administration, and it will continue to be so. Executive privilege can be invoked only by the President and will not be used without specific Presidential approval.
Page 111 - Vice-President-elect to qualify, then he shall act only until a President or Vice President qualifies; and (2) if his discharge of the powers and duties of the office is founded in whole or in part on the inability of the President or Vice President, then he shall act only until the removal of the disability of one of such individuals.
Page 112 - Subsection (d) of this section shall apply only to officers appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, prior to the time of the death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or failure to qualify, of the President pro tempore, and only to officers not under impeachment by the House of Representatives at the time the powers and duties of the office of President devolve upon them.
Page 105 - I want to take this opportunity to assure you and your committee that this Administration is dedicated to insuring a free flow of information to the Congress and the news media — and, thus, to the citizens.
Page 111 - Speaker, or the Speaker fails to qualify as Acting President, then the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon his resignation as President pro tempore and as Senator, act as President.