POLS 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Congressional Record, Pentagon Papers, Political Question
22 Oct 2016
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Powell v mccormack: powell was a huge ass that sucked and was unseated, but he wasnt voted on to be expelled so he foiled a suit. First court refused to hear it because it constituted a political question. Judicial review v congressional power to be the judge of its qualifications. Rights of the electorate to elect its rep: warrens majority opinon: Didnt constitute a political question that pitted one branch against the other. Said that congress being the sole judge of its qualifications did not preclude the court from performing judiical review because no branch is supreme. Held that congress did not have the power to develop qualifications other than those speciffied in a1s2. Gravel v united states: pentagon papers read to congressional record by senator gravel. Federal grand jury was created to investigate if he violated the law by releasing the report. His aide was asked to testify by a subpoena.
