AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: List Of General Hospital Characters, Beacon Press, Pentagon Papers
15 Sep 2020
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Gravel then arranged for papers" publication in beacon press. Reports in the press that gravel"s staff talked with mit press director. Doj investigated how papers had been released, requesting a district court judge to convene grand jury, which subpoenaed (1) leonard rodberg (aide to gravel), (2) Rodberg and gravel asked court to squash subpoena, but government rejected. When case reached scotus, government limited its charges to gravel"s aid and request, arguing that gravels" actions weren"t protected by constitution. Ruling: 5 (blackmun, burger, powell, rehnquist, white) to 4 (brennan, douglas, marshall, Privileges of speech and debate clause enjoyed by members of congress also. Because work of aides was critical to performance of legislative tasks, extend to congressional aides they were immune from subpoenas and grand jury questioning, so long as. However, court refused to protect senators and aides from prosecution for criminal conduct, or from testifying at trials or grand jury proceedings involving third-party crimes.
