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42 Geo. L. J. 1 (1953-1954)
One for the Money, Two for the Show the Case against Televising Congressional Hearings

handle is hein.journals/glj42 and id is 15 raw text is: THE GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 42 November, 1953 NUMBER I ONE FOR THE MONEY, TWO FOR THE SHOW THE CASE AGAINST TELEVISING CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS JOSEPH M. SNEE, Sj.* Though the nature and extent of congressional power to investigate have been the subject of much discussion, learned and otherwise, for the past three decades,' new problems were raised by the decision of the late Kefauver Committee2 to publicize the actual hearings by every available medium, including radio, newsreels, and television. The tele- vising of congressional investigations, heartily endorsed by the Kefauver Committee4 and its members5 has been attacked on the floor of the Senate,0 has occasioned several articles7 and a flood of newspaper com. * A.B., Gonzaga College; M.A., Catholic University; LL.B., Georgetown University; Cand. SJ.D., Harvard. Father Snee is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia. 1 Boudin, Congressional and Agency Investigations: Their Uses and Abuses, 35 Va. L. Rev. 143 (1949); Courdert, Congressional Inquisition v. Individual Liberty, 15 Va. L. Rev. 537 (1929) ; Cousens, The Purpose and Scope of Investigations under Legislative Authority, 26 GEoRGoEowN L. J. 905 (1938); Ehrman, The Duty of Disclosure in Parliamentary In- vestigation: A Comparative Study, 11 Chi. L. Rev. 1 and 117 (1943 and 1944); Glassie and Cooley, Congressional Investigations-Salvation in Self Regulation, 38 GEozom-rowN L. J. 343 (1950); Herwitz and Mulligan, The Legislative Investigating Committee, 33 Col. L. Rev. (1933); Landis, Constitutional Limitations on the Congressional Power of Investigation, 40 Harv. L. Rev. 153 (1926); Loring, Powers of Congressional Investigation Committees, 8 Minn. L. Rev. 595 (1924); McGeary, The Congressional Power of In- vestigation, 28 Neb. L. Rev. 516 (1949); Morgan, Congressional Investigations and Judicial Review: Kilboum v. Thompson Revisited, 37 Cal. L. Rev. 556 (1949); Wigmore, Legis- lative Power to Compel Testimonial Disclosure, 19 Ill. L. Rev. 452 (1924). 2 The Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, pursuant to S. 202, 81st Cong., 2d Sess. (1950). 8 Sen. Rep. No. 307, 82nd Cong., 1st Sess. (1951). 4 Sen. Rep. No. 307, 82nd Cong., 1st Sess. (1951); Sen. Rep. No. 725, 82nd Cong., 1st Sess. (1951). 97 Cong. Rec. 9765-9802 (1951). Ibid. 7 Arnold, Mob Justice and Television, 187 AUt. Monthly 68 (June 1951), reprinted in

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