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- Title: Watkins v. United States
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 17, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 93 KB
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hearing before a congressional investigating committee. It is not the case of a truculent or contumacious witness who refuses to answer all questions or who, by boisterous or discourteous conduct, disturbs the decorum of the committee room. Petitioner was prosecuted for refusing to make certain disclosures which he asserted to be beyond the authority of the committee to demand. The controversy thus rests upon fundamental principles of the power of the Congress and the limitations upon that power. We approach the questions presented with conscious awareness of the far-reaching ramifications that can follow from a decision of this nature.