Special Report of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations Pursuant to Section 402(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, Identifying Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the Congress
Special Report of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations Pursuant to Section 402(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, Identifying Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the Congress

Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Congressional Operations

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Published: 1974

Total Pages: 582

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Compilation of legal materials before the Supreme Court, including briefs, transcripts of oral arguments, rebuttals with questions from Justices, and text of the decision.

Impeachment
Impeachment

Author: Charles L. Black, Jr.

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0300238266

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Originally published at the height of the Watergate crisis, Charles Black's classic Impeachment: A Handbook has long been the premier guide to the subject of presidential impeachment. Now thoroughly updated with new chapters by Philip Bobbitt, it remains essential reading for every concerned citizen. Praise for Impeachment: "To understand impeachment, read this book. It shows how the rule of law limits power, even of the most powerful, and reminds us that the impact of the law on our lives ultimately depends on the conscience of the individual American."--Bill Bradley, former United States senator "The most important book ever written on presidential impeachment."--Lawfare "A model of how so serious an act of state should be approached."--Wall Street Journal "A citizen's guide to impeachment. . . . Elegantly written, lucid, intelligent, and comprehensive."--New York Times Book Review "The finest text on the subject I have ever read."--Ben Wittes

War & Press Freedom
War & Press Freedom

Author: Jeffery Alan Smith

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 019509946X

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War and Press Freedom: The Problem of Prerogative Power is a groundbreaking and provocative study of one of the most perplexing civil liberties issues in American history: What authority does or should the government have to control press coverage and commentary in wartime? First Amendment scholar Jeffery A. Smith shows convincingly that no such extraordinary power exists under the Constitution, and that officials have had to rely on claiming the existence of an autocratic "higher law" of survival. Smith carefully surveys the development of statutory restrictions and military regulations for the news media from the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 through the Gulf War of 1991. He concludes that the armed forces can justify refusal to divulge a narrow range of defense secrets, but that imposing other restrictions is unwise, unnecessary, and unconstitutional. In any event, as electronic communication becomes almost impossible to constrain, soldiers and journalists must learn how to respect each other's obligations in a democratic system.