Lobbyists challenged the Regulation of Lobbying Act for being unconstitutionally vague and unclear. In Harriss, the Supreme Court responded by upholding the act's constitutionality, but also by narrowing the scope and application of the act. The Court ruled that the act applies only to paid lobbyists who directly communicate with members of Congress on pending or proposed federal legislation. This means that lobbyists who visit with congressional staff members rather than members of Congress themselves are not considered lobbyists. In addition, the act covers only attempts to influence the passage or defeat of legislation in Congress, and excludes other congressional activities. Further, the act applies to and restricts only individuals who spend at least half of their time lobbying.[1]
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united, states, harriss, this, article, about, lobbying, regulation, case, klux, case, united, states, harris, 1954, supreme, court, case, applied, directly, regulation, lobbying, supreme, court, united, statesargued, october, 1953decided, june, 1954full, case. This article is about the lobbying regulation case For the Ku Klux Case see United States v Harris United States v Harriss 347 U S 612 1954 was a U S Supreme Court case applied directly to the Regulation of Lobbying Act United States v HarrissSupreme Court of the United StatesArgued October 19 1953Decided June 7 1954Full case nameUnited States v Harriss et al Citations347 U S 612 more 74 S Ct 808 98 L Ed 989 1954 U S LEXIS 2657Case historyPriorAppeal from the United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaHoldingThe Court upheld the act s constitutionality but also narrowed the scope and application of the act Court membershipChief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black Stanley F ReedFelix Frankfurter William O DouglasRobert H Jackson Harold H BurtonTom C Clark Sherman MintonCase opinionsMajorityWarren joined by Reed Frankfurter Burton MintonDissentDouglas joined by BlackDissentJacksonClark took no part in the consideration or decision of the case Laws appliedRegulation of Lobbying Act Contents 1 Proceedings and outcome 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External linksProceedings and outcome editLobbyists challenged the Regulation of Lobbying Act for being unconstitutionally vague and unclear In Harriss the Supreme Court responded by upholding the act s constitutionality but also by narrowing the scope and application of the act The Court ruled that the act applies only to paid lobbyists who directly communicate with members of Congress on pending or proposed federal legislation This means that lobbyists who visit with congressional staff members rather than members of Congress themselves are not considered lobbyists In addition the act covers only attempts to influence the passage or defeat of legislation in Congress and excludes other congressional activities Further the act applies to and restricts only individuals who spend at least half of their time lobbying 1 See also editList of United States Supreme Court cases volume 347Notes edit Lobbying from Answers comExternal links edit nbsp Works related to United States v Harriss at Wikisource Text of United States v Harriss 347 U S 612 1954 is available from CourtListener Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States v Harriss amp oldid 1175151488, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
