| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1971 - 662 pages
...laws and not of men"! Congress itself has obeyed the courts.822 Long since the Supreme Court said that "no officer of the law may set that law at defiance...highest to the lowest are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it."*2* This has been the premise on which courts have repeatedly issued their mandates... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor - 1971 - 472 pages
...termination or conversion is required. THE PERSONNEL LAWS AS AN EXPRESSION OF NATIONAL POLICY "All officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law and are bound to obey it. "It is the only supreme power in our system of government, and every man who... | |
| United States. Congress. House. House Administration Committee - 1974 - 282 pages
..."agency," for the purpose of the above section, is defined in 40 USC 17 The Supreme Court has affirmed that "[a]ll the officers of the Government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law . . .," united States v. Lee, 106 US 196, 220 (1882). M See Debates In the Federal Convention of 1787... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 538 pages
...the Government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law and are bound to obey it ; no officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity." In the case of subpoenas issued by this Committee in the course of it£ impeachment investigation,... | |
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