Object Title
Congressional Investigations: Their Uses and Abuses
Part of
New School Adult Division Event Recordings
Material Category
Physical Audio
Type of Work
1/4 inch audio tape
Description
This audio recording is of a lecture given as part of a New School course titled, Civil Liberty Under Attack. Attorney Telford Taylor discusses the problems of congressional investigations, especially in the previous ten to fifteen years, particularly the concept of "loyalty investigations" as conducted by the McCarthy hearings. Taylor summarizes the history of congressional investigations, the importance of constitutional separation of powers, The Bill of Rights, and the Fifth Amendment, and states his own assertion that although the courts, not Congress, should have jurisdiction over trials of subversion, restraint of Congress will have to come from the will of voters, who determine the composition of Congress. A tape cue sheet is included.
Date
October 12 1954
Related people
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)
Telford Taylor (speaker)
Inscription
Congressional Investigations/ Their Uses and Abuses/ Telford Taylor/ October 21, 1954 (container)
Language
English
Related Repository
New School Institutional Collections Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)
Location
box mixed nav_4
Identifier
NS070201_000002
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Material Category
Physical AudioType of Work
1/4 inch audio tapeDescription
This audio recording is of a lecture given as part of a New School course titled, Civil Liberty Under Attack. Attorney Telford Taylor discusses the problems of congressional investigations, especially in the previous ten to fifteen years, particularly the concept of "loyalty investigations" as conducted by the McCarthy hearings. Taylor summarizes the history of congressional investigations, the importance of constitutional separation of powers, The Bill of Rights, and the Fifth Amendment, and states his own assertion that although the courts, not Congress, should have jurisdiction over trials of subversion, restraint of Congress will have to come from the will of voters, who determine the composition of Congress. A tape cue sheet is included.Date
October 12 1954Related people
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)Telford Taylor (speaker)
Inscription
Congressional Investigations/ Their Uses and Abuses/ Telford Taylor/ October 21, 1954 (container)Language
EnglishRelated Repository
New School Institutional CollectionsRights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)Location
box mixed nav_4Identifier
NS070201_000002There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.