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Supreme Court — Part 24
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\This is the Jencks decision in Brestic- method ig one Congr
which the court, held that a bas been historically reluctant
‘defendant must be given access po employ: To enact legisla.
}to reports made to the FBI by fo: (1) limiting the court’
ines who testify against Jurisdiction: of (2) em
him in federal court, © ~~, {or reducing its ‘membership.
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“verse a Supreme Court dect- Tidelands oij after the high
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* 5 And what fs the legal back United States not the states—
, ground of the Jencks decision? own the. valuable deposita CLLPP
» In general, Congress can outside the low-water mark, ING FROM THE
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‘framework of the Constitution. land out to the three-mile limit. paTep... AUG 5 1957
; On constitutlonality, the high “The next year the court refused Ureereecenserean apres
‘court has the last word andjo entertain a challenge to the FORWARDED BY N. ¥, DIVISION
{ican reverse Congress, In Mar-Jrew law on the ground that P.2 NIGHT
Pbury V. Madison, one of the ongress may dé ag it pleases
most famous of all its opinion, #vith US, property. oF To
‘Chief Justice John Marshal, es- | Court Packing, + RE: JENCKS DECISION
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