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Intro -- CONGRESSIONAL CONTEMPT POWER: HISTORY, PRACTICE AND THE HOLDER FINDING -- CONGRESSIONAL CONTEMPT POWER: HISTORY, PRACTICE AND THE HOLDER FINDING -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CONGRESS'S CONTEMPT POWER AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS: LAW, HISTORY, PRACTICE, AND PROCEDURE -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CONGRESS'S POWER TO INVESTIGATE -- EARLY HISTORY OF CONGRESSIONAL CONTEMPT -- Anderson v. Dunn -- Kilbourn v. Thompson -- INHERENT CONTEMPT -- Inherent Contempt Proceedings by Committees of Congress -- Nixon v. United States -- STATUTORY CRIMINAL CONTEMPT -- CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS -- Civil Enforcement in the Senate -- Civil Enforcement in the House of Representatives -- Special Investigatory Committees -- Committee Intervention in Subpoena Related Litigation -- ENFORCEMENT OF A CRIMINAL OR INHERENT CONTEMPT RESOLUTION AGAINST AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL -- The Burford Contempt -- The Bolten and Miers Contempt: Committee on the Judiciary v. Miers -- The Holder Contempt -- Practical Limitations of Congressional Reliance on Criminal Contempt or the Civil Enforcement of Subpoenas -- NON-CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS -- Authorization and Jurisdiction -- Legislative Purpose -- Pertinency -- Willfulness -- Other Procedural Requirements -- Attorney-Client Privilege -- Work Product Immunity and Other Common Law Testimonial Privileges -- CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS -- First Amendment -- Fourth Amendment -- Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination -- Fifth Amendment Due Process Rights -- APPENDIX. CONGRESSIONAL CONTEMPT RESOLUTIONS, 1980-PRESENT -- End Notes