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Oversight Riders, Kevin Stack, Michael P. Vandenbergh
Oversight Riders, Kevin Stack, Michael P. Vandenbergh
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Congress has a constitutionally critical duty to gather information about how the executive branch implements the powers Congress has granted it and the funds Congress has appropriated. Yet in recent years the executive branch has systematically thwarted Congress’s powers and duties of oversight. Congressional subpoenas for testimony and documents have met with blanket refusals to comply, frequently backed by advice from the Department of Justice that executive privilege justifies withholding the information. Even when Congress holds an official in contempt for failure to comply with a congressional subpoena, the Department of Justice often does not initiate criminal sanctions. As a …
Terms Of Endearment And Articles Of Impeachment, Christopher Slobogin, Charles W. Collier
Terms Of Endearment And Articles Of Impeachment, Christopher Slobogin, Charles W. Collier
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
It is a long-established principle that presidential impeachment is an appropriate remedy only for "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" of a public nature (with the possible exception of private crimes so heinous that the President "cannot be permitted to remain at large"). The crux of this Essay's argument is that the President's affair with Monica Lewinsky was a private matter that was not rendered "public" simply because Mr. Clinton lied about it. With its vote against removing the President, the Senate seemed to agree.
Congressional Power To Define The Presidential Pocket Veto Power, Arthur S. Miller
Congressional Power To Define The Presidential Pocket Veto Power, Arthur S. Miller
Vanderbilt Law Review
Two recent exercises of the "pocket veto" by President Nixon have evoked controversy over the constitutional distribution of power and responsibility for negativing congressional actions! On December 14,1970, Congress sent to the President Senate Bill 3418, the Family Practice of Medicine Act. The bill had originated in the Senate, which recessed at the close of business on December 22, 1970, until 12:00 o'clock noon on December 28. Before recessing, unanimous consent had been given the Secretary of the Senate to receive messages from the President during this period. At about the same time House of Representatives Bill 3571, a private …