Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jun-29-1988
..... district of columbia circuit syllabus this case presents the question of the constitutionality of the independent counsel provisions of the ethics in government act of 1978 (act). it arose when the house judiciary committee began an investigation into the justice department's role in a controversy between the house and ..... the amendments "would make the special prosecutor no more independent than officers of the many so-called independent agencies in the executive branch." ethics in government act amendments of 1982, hearing before the subcommittee on oversight of government management of the senate committee on governmental affairs, 97th cong., 2d sess., 7 ( ..... functions. even though counsel is to some degree "independent" and free from executive branch supervision to a greater extent than other federal prosecutors, the act gives the executive branch sufficient control over the independent counsel to ensure that the president is able to perform his constitutionally assigned duties. pp. 487 .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jun-29-1988
..... whether any of the grants made pursuant to the statute violate the establishment clause requires further proceedings in the district court. i the adolescent family life act (afla or act), pub.l. 97-35, 95 stat. 578, 42 u.s.c. 300z et seq. (1982 ed. and supp. iv), was passed ..... that can be considered "pervasively sectarian" is not sufficient to conclude that no grants whatsoever can be given to religious organizations. nor does the act necessarily have the effect of advancing religion because religiously affiliated afla grantees will be providing educational and counseling services to adolescents; because it authorizes "teaching ..... provisions expressly mentioning the role of religious organizations reflect, at most, congress' considered judgment that religious organizations can help solve the problems to which the act is addressed. when, as congress found, prevention of adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy depends primarily upon developing close family ties, it seems sensible for congress .....
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