Morford v. United States

In this case the trial court did not permit counsel for petitioner to interrogate prospective government employee jurors upon voir dire examination with specific reference to the possible influence of the “Loyalty Order,” Executive Order No. 9835, on their ability to render a just and impartial verdict. Such questioning was permitted in Dennis v. United States, ante, p. 162; see n. 4 of the Court’s opinion, ante, pp. 170-171.

We said in Dennis that “Preservation of the opportunity to prove actual bias is a guarantee of a defendant’s right to an impartial jury.” Ante, pp. 171-172. Since that…