1974: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled

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Jody — 7/13/2007 3:58:15 PM (archived)

U.S. vs. Nixon

...neither the seperation of powers nor the need to preserve the confidentiality of presidential communications could alone justify an absolute executive privilege of immunity from judicial demands for evidence to be used in a criminal trial.

Hmmmm

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Bush ORDERS Harriet Meirs not to testify - Lindy - 7/12/2007 2:59:46 AM
- 1974: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled - Jody - 7/13/2007 3:58:15 PM
  - A brief history of executive privilege - TB - 7/14/2007 10:59:29 PM
  - It's now a vastly different Supreme Court...;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/14/2007 9:10:14 PM
  - re: 1974: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled - Eric - 7/14/2007 6:30:00 PM
- I can't speak to the legality, but it sure doesn't sit right (n/t) - McFly - 7/13/2007 1:53:36 AM
- It is good to be POTUS - FrankC - 7/12/2007 7:38:04 PM
- I don't like Bush doing this. - REB - 7/12/2007 12:30:54 PM
  - "I may turn into an independent" - azstrummer - 7/13/2007 6:23:57 PM
    - What we really need is a real leader. Someone who can motivate and inspire the people. Someone with visions and goals. - REB - 7/13/2007 7:17:07 PM
      - re: What we really need is a limited government and political culture where "real leaders" aren't that important a part of our lives. (n/t) - TB - 7/13/2007 7:23:16 PM
        
        Could America do great things, like start a Mars colony, without a great leader behind it? - REB - 7/13/2007 7:56:06 PM
  - Nixon-esque - Fox - 7/12/2007 5:31:58 PM
  - Refreshing intellectual honesty and maturity (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/12/2007 3:36:03 PM
    - Thank you. - REB - 7/12/2007 4:35:13 PM
- Outrageous behavior! Had this been Clinton the local rightwingers heads would be exploding! - Buck Galaxy - 7/12/2007 3:25:15 AM
  - THis Republican doesn't like it and wants Bush to come clean. - REB - 7/12/2007 12:38:24 PM
  - Yeah, Clinton would have bribed her or talked her into false testimony. (n/t) - TB - 7/12/2007 4:42:51 AM
    - What Clinton "would have done" instead of what Bush is doing. LOL (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/12/2007 6:46:16 AM
      - The Turtledove argment. (n/t) - Yeti - 7/12/2007 3:56:27 PM
        
        On the other fork of the tongue... - Regeya - 7/12/2007 10:12:18 PM
        
        You are plainly addled - Kassquit - 7/13/2007 3:49:43 AM
        
        That was a joke. Maybe I should have labeled it. (n/t) - TB - 7/12/2007 4:59:03 PM
        
        What makes it funny is that Clinton actually did at least one of these things. (n/t) - TB - 7/12/2007 5:12:11 PM
  - Make that... - Buck Galaxy - 7/12/2007 3:26:53 AM
- And these are the people who will "out" a covert CIA agent. - Bowser - 7/12/2007 3:02:09 AM
  - Wikiquote of the day - ds - 7/12/2007 6:27:09 PM

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