Landis did not have the necessary authority to administer oaths. although they were administered during the course of the hearing. So that any person who testified in the first Bridges case did so under an oath that was administered without authority. I am advised that Dean Landis was appointed a contract labor examiner and not an immigrant inspector. The United States Code. title 8. section 153. empowers an immigrant inspector to administer oaths. There is no statutory provision. however. conferring on a contract labor examiner such authority. And obviously. any oath that he administered was without due authority of law.
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