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During a hearing the decision-making body typically hears Evidence and Arguments . In the United States , one aspect of the " Due Process Revolution " is that many Administrative decisions that were once made much less formally must now be preceded by a hearing. An important step in this development was the Supreme Court decision in '' Goldberg V. Kelly '', 397 U.S. 254 (1970). There the Court held that an agency could not terminate a recipient's Welfare benefits without a pre-termination hearing. The decision also illustrated that what constitutes a "hearing" can depend on the context. In ''Goldberg'', the goal of a speedy decision was held to "justify the limitation of the pre-termination hearing to minimum procedural safeguards," which included such basic matters as the right to appear and to Cross-examine witnesses, but did not include "a complete record and a comprehensive opinion". SEE ALSO |
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