Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee

I join the opinion of the Court, because it is carefully written within the framework of our current decisions. But since the matters involved touch constitutional *560rights and since I see the Constitution in somewhat different dimensions than are reflected in our decisions, it seems appropriate to set out my views.

We deal here with the authority of a State to investigate people, their ideas, their activities. By virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment1 the State is now subject to the same restrictions2 in making the investigation as the First Amendment places on the Federal Government.

*561The need of a…