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...WALTER LIPPMANN gets...
...Lippmann argued that Jenkins' ruling went wrong when he classed Senator McCarthy with "law-enforcing officers," who do not have to reveal their sources...
...fundamental error at the root of the McCarthy problem," said Lippmann, "is to assume that a committee of the legislative branch of the Government [is made up of] 'law-enforcing' officers who 'ferret out crime...
...Lippmann argued that it was the function of the Executive branch to enforce the law and ferret out crime. He concluded: "McCarthyism is fundamentally unconstitutional in spirit and in practice...
Doctored & Fabricated. Would Lippmann's view impair Congress' ancient and valuable right of investigation? Not necessarily. Congress has a right to inquire into how well its laws are enforced and to loosen or tighten laws if it finds enforcement unsatisfactory. But Congress has no right to encourage-as McCarthy has encouraged-violations of law and loyalty on the part of officers and employees of the Executive branch. It has no right to set up a network of spies in the Executive branch, demoralizing it and creating a situation where the Secretary of the Army, for example, cannot function...