U.S. House Floor remarks regarding U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Public Trials

Title

U.S. House Floor remarks regarding U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Public Trials

Description

In a speech on the U.S. House floor, Congressman Les AuCoin expressed disappointment in the U.S. Supreme Court's 1979 ruling regarding public trials, Gannett Company, Inc. v. DePasquale. The Court ruled 5-4 that members of the public, including the press, were not guaranteed the right to attend criminal trials by the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. However, the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment did guarantee that defendants had the right to a public trial. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date: Display

July 11, 1979

Identifier

PUA_MS147_355

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text