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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Land Shark who wrote (1183943)12/9/2019 3:33:57 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1576887
 
Sharkie,
Sorry Bubba, the SCOTUS ruled some time ago that with Nixon that "Executive Privilege" is not to be used as a tool to protect the president from being held accountable for his crimes.
That's right, keep emphasizing the fact that you haven't watched the video and have no intention of ever doing so.

Yes, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Nixon that he could not use executive privilege to avoid complying with subpoena requests. A few days after that ruling, Nixon then resigned.

However, that ruling does NOT give the House carte blanche in issuing subpoenas that can NEVER be challenged. Nor does it get rid of the whole purpose of "executive privilege," which still exists and has been used by administrations following Nixon.

Hence Trump is well within his rights to challenge the House subpoenas via the court. IF the court then ruled in favor of the House, and Trump continued to defy the courts, THEN the House would have a justification to impeach the president on obstruction charges.

But the House didn't even wait for the court to decide. Instead, the House decided to be the judge, jury, and executioner.

That's the whole essence of "separation of powers." The judiciary is in charge of resolving these disputes.

Tenchusatsu
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