Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas A Sketch

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Criminal procedure.

Executive-legislative relations.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2008

Summary:

Outlines statutory and common law basis for Congressional contempt power, reviews historical development of early case law, and analyzes procedures associated with inherent contempt, criminal contempt, and civil enforcement of subpoenas. Provides detailed discussion of two recent information access disputes that led to the approval of contempt citations in the House of Representatives. Discusses both non-constitutional and constitutionally based limitations on contempt power

Notes:

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Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-AML-0217

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