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erate gy ¢ em oe na een Gene iantie \Why the Supreme Court Decided *”.> ongressional Investigators Must Stay,” ithin Limits of the Constitution oe | Tele, Room __ Mr. Aclloeman_ Miss Gandy__ 'The Emergency t ~. Is Over Vn ibis By waLredCiremann oe | : In the Watkins case, the Supreme Cdurt, with | Chief Justice Warren delivering the opinion of ‘the | majority, has tried to set down certain limits on the | rights and powers of congres- sional investigating committees, - We must describe the opin- fon-in this tentative way. For "| ){-the limitations are stated in 4 || general terms, and no one can know how they will in the future apply specifically in con- crete cases. = - z In practice, the application : will depend on how much each } : partic committee is willing ! ‘ to accepi, how much jt is deter~ 1 ' mined to stretch the limitations, LIPPMANN , and whether the court will be 7 disposed to construe the limitations strictly or loosely. _ ‘ i evwspsper: DOSTOs GLODS Date: 6/27/57 HeAition autor or ptitor Title ' However, we have in the Wat- kins decision & powerful asser- tion of a principle which will in- Suence the conduct of commit- |b. apie to appeal from a congres-; tees, the attitude of witnesses, i 4 : ional committee to the courts. j 4, the actions of the court, and the | this, in substance, what Juste: CSTR Peer OF piloUc opiniony Car, the lone dissenter, seem#[te hinl}-that for the courts to[fn- : ,The principle is that a witness, ervie is a usurpation of poder, nd that, es a matter of fact, it is who helievea that his constitu- not in the public interest that the tional righty are being ebured, . may alipeal to the court™ for pro- . judiciary ahould “supervise” con gressional investigations, jtectio=§ 2 . 4 en ek i “Those who are Opposed to the | ecision must say that they do ot think that a witness should | F F Class. or 3 Cnuarceeter: Page > 30 The question now ore the country is whether this principle is constitutional and is in the public interest 5, 0 INDEXED -72 0 |G2_ 2 %ere OT RECORDA: Is PUL 10 1952 ier aren | TTT eee 6414 15 4057 a |