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Congressional contempt power : history, practice, and the Holder finding / Todd C. Jennison and Bradley Horowitz, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Congressional policies, practices and procedures series.
- Congressional Policies, Practices and Procedures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holder, Eric H., 1951-.
- Holder, Eric H.
- Legislative oversight--United States.
- Legislative oversight.
- Contempt of legislation bodies--United States.
- Contempt of legislation bodies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2013.
- Summary:
- Congress's contempt power is the means by which it responds to certain acts that in its view obstruct the legislative process. Contempt may be used either to coerce compliance, to punish the contemnor, and/or to remove the obstruction. Although arguably any action that directly obstructs the effort of Congress to exercise its constitutional powers may constitute a contempt, in recent times the contempt power has most often been employed in response to non-compliance with a duly issued congressional subpoena whether in the form of a refusal to appear before a committee for purposes of providing testimony, or a refusal to produce required documents. This book examines the source of the contempt power, reviews the historical development of the early case law, outlines the statutory and common law basis for Congress's contempt power, and analyses the procedures associated with inherent contempt, criminal contempt, and the civil enforcement of subpoenas.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 17, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-62417-066-8
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