Kilbourn v. Thompson

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In legislative investigative powers
…to answer questions, although in Kilbourn v. Thompson (1881), the Supreme Court held that Congress may not inquire “into the private affairs of the citizen.” Nearly four decades later, in Sinclair v. United States (1929), the court, less hostile to congressional inquiries, ruled that a witness could not refuse to…
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