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To: jbe who wrote (8369)10/9/1998 1:45:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 67261
 
that is correct. the Repubs during debate on the rules of the Nixon inquiry did indeed seek to place limits on both the subject matter and the time-frame of the inquiry. Those desires were summarily turned down by the Dems. The result was the Rodino committee rules, which had no time limit, and no limit to subject matter. This was the proper way for an Impeachement Inquiry to be conducted, according to Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 65.



To: jbe who wrote (8369)10/9/1998 10:15:00 AM
From: j_b  Respond to of 67261
 
<< Was there a question, in the Nixon case, of limiting the inquiry to the referral of the Special Prosecutor, or expanding it to matters not included in the referral? >>

The OIC (and therefore the issue of any referral) was instituted AFTER the Nixon fiasco. The hearings needed to be kept broad in order to prevent any possibility of diversion, nitpicking or stonewalling. Nixon was just as good as the Clintons (or Bush) at hiding information and refusing to cooperate.


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