INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ACT:KEN GORMLEY

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Congressional Testimony

03-24-1999

STATEMENT OF PROFESSOR KEN GORMLEY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
AFFAIRS ON THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ACT

MARCH 24, 1999

Good afternoon. My name is Ken Gormley. I am a Professor of Constitutional
Law at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. I greatly appreciate the opportunity
to express my views to this Committee regarding the re-authorization of
the Independent Couns...

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