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getagrip_already

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3. I don't think roberts would side with the wh on this.....
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 03:12 PM
Nov 2019

But it only takes 4 justices to take up the case. Even as a delaying tactic they can run out the clock on this.

This isn't really a partisan issue. Siding with the wh on this would basically say the potus is above the law. That's the claim the wh has made - that the potus can't even be investigated while in office.

They would essentially be nullifying their own power since the potus wouldn't be subject to judicial restraint from that point on. The exec branch could just do what it wants and ignore court orders.

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