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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Under what legal statute, law, or regulation does the US Congress have the right to summon private individuals in order to testify? Doesn’t there have to be a formal investigation underway? I don’t believe, in this case, that there is (although I could be wrong). Otherwise, anyone can be summoned, for any reason at the whim of a dictatorial legislator.


14 posted on 03/31/2010 9:42:49 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Bobkk47

Congressional subpoena power been upheld in McGrain V. Daugherty in 1927.

http://supreme.justia.com/us/273/135/case.html


20 posted on 03/31/2010 9:48:14 AM PDT by MediaMole
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