Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020024666

An "appropriate" governmental "determination" must be the result of a process of reasoning. It cannot be an arbitary fiat contrary to the known facts. This is inherent in the meaning of "determination." It is implicit in a government of laws and not of menJoint AntiFascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath. 341 U.S. 123. 136 (1951). I think Justice Frankfurter put it best when he -%id: [A] democratic government must * * * practice fairness. and fairness can rarely be obtained by secret. onesided determination of facts decisive of rights. * * * Appearances in the dark are apt to look different in the light of day. * * * No better instrument has been devised for arriving at truth than to give a person in jeopardy of serious loss notice of the case against him and opportunity to meet it.
Keywords matched
Refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOWELL HEFLIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
1991-04-18
Speech ID
1020024666
Paragraph
#0
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