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jberryhill

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5. There's another layer of complication here

Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 10:02 PM

Nov 2019

The WH witnesses are claiming a complete immunity from having to testify.

While there is a legitimate scope of executive privilege in official deliberations, the claim they are making goes well beyond the scope of privilege ever recognized.

The question is, with the current composition of the court, would you like to spin the wheel and have the court issue a decision that would greatly expand the power of the presidency to an extent that it would take a generation to undo?

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What About Other Witnesses That Should Appear Before This Committee That..... [View all] global1 Nov 2019 OP

Start enforcing subpoenas C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #1

I was just wondering TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #2

Objecting to a subpoena is not a crime jberryhill Nov 2019 #3

Thanks for the response TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #4

There's another layer of complication here jberryhill Nov 2019 #5

I would say yes TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #6

pretty much everybody is going to be gone for TG break librechik Nov 2019 #7