The change in the Court's understanding of industrial problems, certainly as they affect railroads, in their bearing upon the country's commerce and all that thereby hangs, to no small degree reflected the changed attitude of the railroads towards the role of railroad labor unions in the discharge of the functions of railroads.
In the discharge of his functions he was assisted by various viziers.
Rather than "continued discharge of the functions of any public authority whose activities include activities that are subject to review", a system is needed that would serve a real public interest in liberty and privacy.
The summary contempt power in the federal courts, '* * * although arbitrary in its nature and liable to abuse, is absolutely essential to the protection of the courts in the discharge of their functions.
However represensible such conduct may be, we believe the Speech or Debate Clause extends at least so far as to prevent it from being made the basis of a criminal charge against a member of Congress of conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding the due discharge of government functions.
These internal policies are not detailed — with the IPT reiterating its "general duty" to avoid disclosing information that might be "contrary to the public interest or prejudicial to national security … or the continued discharge of the functions of any of the intelligence services".
Membership consists of African Members and Associate Members selected by the Director-General on the basis of their active interest in inland fishery development in Africa and of their potential contribution to the effective discharge of the functions of the Committee.
Each Party undertakes to extend to the Commission full co-operation and assistance in the discharge of this function.
But in considering what happened to the Libyans and their families – who included a pregnant woman – much attention will be paid to another passage in section 7 which decrees: "Nothing will be done in reliance on the authorisation beyond what is necessary for the proper discharge of a function of the intelligence service".
"The departure from NCND would undermine the relationship of the security service with its human sources, on whom it relies heavily in the effective discharge of its statutory functions," he said.
"Had they done so, this activity may well not have taken place, the intelligence would not have been recorded and, if it had been, it would have been rapidly weeded as it did not relate either directly or indirectly to the discharge of special branch functions".
