Summary of Constitutional Issues Raised in Challenges to the Independent Counsel Provisions of Federal Law.

Summarizes constitutional issues raised in recent legal challenges to Ethics in Government Act of 1978 provisions for the appointment of an independent counsel outside of the Justice Department to investigate and if necessary prosecute high-level government officials accused of wrongdoing.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Constitutional law. Political ethics. United States > Officials and employees. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Summarizes constitutional issues raised in recent legal challenges to Ethics in Government Act of 1978 provisions for the appointment of an independent counsel outside of the Justice Department to investigate and if necessary prosecute high-level government officials accused of wrongdoing.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.