U.S. House Floor remarks regarding U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Public Trials · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_355
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: Year(s): 1979
Date: Display: July 11, 1979
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; United States. Supreme Court.; Constitutional law
Place: United States
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text