Report of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations Pursuant to Section 402(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 Identifying Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the Congress

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971
 

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Página 25 - Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve a political question is found a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; or the impossibility of deciding without an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial discretion...
Página 87 - It is declared to be in the national interest to encourage and promote the development of transportation systems, embracing various modes of transport in a manner that will serve the States and local communities efficiently and effectively.
Página 38 - State, or local significance as so determined by such officials unless (1) there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use of such land, and (2) such program includes all possible planning to minimize harm to such park, recreational area, wildlife and waterfowl refuge, or historic site resulting from such use.
Página 9 - After July 1, 1965, the Secretary shall not approve under section 105 of this title any program for projects in any urban area of more than fifty thousand population unless he finds that such projects are based on a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on cooperatively by States and local communities in conformance with the objectives stated in this section.
Página 29 - Deciding whether a matter has in any measure been committed by the Constitution to another branch of government, or whether the action of that branch exceeds whatever authority has been committed, is itself a delicate exercise in constitutional interpretation, and is a responsibility of this Court as ultimate interpreter of the Constitution.
Página 18 - United Church of Christ v. FCC, 359 F. 2d 994 (DC Cir. 1966). Although the resolution of the merits of this case is still before the courts, its early contribution to the law of "standing" paved the way for further citizen participation in Commission proceedings.
Página 28 - GERRY never expected to hear in a republic a motion to empower the Executive alone to declare war.
Página 87 - States, as authorized in this title, in the development of long-range highway plans and programs which are properly coordinated with plans for improvements in other affected forms of transportation and which are formulated with due consideration to their probable effect on the future development of urban areas of more than 50.000 population.
Página 36 - Mr. Chairman, members of the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the House Appropriations Committee, I...
Página 31 - ... 2. When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority, or in which its distribution is uncertain. Therefore, congressional inertia, indifference or quiescence may sometimes, at least as a practical matter, enable, if not invite, measures on independent presidential responsibility. In this area, any actual test of power...

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