Entries by Phillip Wallach

Can the January 6 Investigation Serve Congress as an Institution?

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Traditionally it has never been questioned, either in doctrine or practice, that the legislature possesses the power, as it was put in early years, ‘to inquire into the honesty and efficiency of the executive branch.’ Under the American system it is this that is the heart of the investigatory power. … [I]f it lost the […]

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