Hallet Kilbourn
March 15, 1954
Controlling McCarthy
WHEN SEN. Joseph McCarthy arraigned General Zwicker before his Committee and branded him unfit to wear the uniform of the United States, he did more than humiliate a lifelong soldier and wartime hero. He brought to a dramatic climax a long-developing dispute over the limits of Congressional power, forcing a timid President and an uneasy Senate to face these questions: Has Congress an unlimited right of investigation? Is Congressional investigation subject to any standards of procedure? Who is responsible for setting and enforcing these standards? READ MORE >>
