Power of Legislative Inquiry

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1. What constitutional purpose must an inquiry under Article VI, Section 21, serve?
2. In accordance with what procedural rules may Congress conduct the inquiries described in Article VI, Section 21?
3. Whose rights does Article VI, Section 21, expressly require Congress to respect in a legislative inquiry?
4. A department head receives a lawful summons to an inquiry genuinely in aid of proposed procurement legislation. Duly pu…
5. A private contractor has information relevant to a properly authorized inquiry into safeguards for government land purc…
6. A Senate committee lawfully investigates procurement safeguards. Several executive officials refuse all attendance, sta…
7. A committee announces that its sole task is to decide which of two private business owners committed an existing offens…
8. A committee claims that a genuine legislative objective allows it to investigate under secret procedural rules and to d…
9. Distinguish an inquiry in aid of legislation under Article VI, Section 21, from the question hour under Section 22. Exp…
10. A Senate committee says it will conduct a hearing solely to decide whether particular private defendants are civilly li…
11. Under Arnault, a question that a legislative body seeks to compel a witness to answer must bear what relation to a vali…
12. Which official did Senate v. Ermita distinguish as exempt from ordinary compulsory legislative inquiry because executiv…