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In reply to the discussion: It looks like ex-president has the right to claim executive privilege for conversations they had [View all]hlthe2b
(102,105 posts)32. You would do well to read Neil Eggleston's take on this from WAPO, which Laurence Tribe likewise
echoes. I cited quite a bit of his analysis in my previous posts, as has someone downstream.
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Claustrum
Oct 2021
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Right, like I said, I think Trump is applying it incorrectly and he is using it
Claustrum
Oct 2021
#5
Do you have any article or the name of the constitutional laywer that said it?
Claustrum
Oct 2021
#7
For conversations in the duty of his office, it is the office of the president that has privilege
Bev54
Oct 2021
#6
Doesn't matter either way. They're all going to skate. That's the way "justice" rolls in the US.
PSPS
Oct 2021
#9
Bannon didn't skate, the ones that mueller charged didn't skate. Did some of them get wrongful
PortTack
Oct 2021
#19
I must have missed Bannon's stint in the joint. Please enlighten me. Otherwise, he skated.
PSPS
Oct 2021
#42
He was indicted for the scam wall funding. Had he not been wrongly pardoned he would have
PortTack
Oct 2021
#47
The first thing to realize iss that Executive Privilege is a QUALIFIED privilege & not an ABSOLUTE
hlthe2b
Oct 2021
#11
No. It is not counter at all. Even for an in-office President, EP is QUALIFIED, not ABSOLUTE
hlthe2b
Oct 2021
#31
You would do well to read Neil Eggleston's take on this from WAPO, which Laurence Tribe likewise
hlthe2b
Oct 2021
#32
And Eggleston and Tribe would do well to address this unambiguous statements of the Supreme Court
onenote
Oct 2021
#45
Had you read the full piece & others you'd know these ACTUAL consitutional experts acknowledged that
hlthe2b
Oct 2021
#51
I made it very clear that I think Trump doesn't have the right to claim "executive privilege" here.
Claustrum
Oct 2021
#20
The government should have the right to any and all documents and court appearances that had
joetheman
Oct 2021
#21
If that is allowed for a president who tried to overthrow our government, then that we are
JohnSJ
Oct 2021
#25
Just because an ex-president may claim executive privilege (in a general sense) doesn't make Trump's
Claustrum
Oct 2021
#27
We will see, because it will be the SC that will determine what is a legitimate use of EP, and what
JohnSJ
Oct 2021
#30
I guess we'll find out next Thursday, when the first batch are scheduled to appear. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2021
#28
I will post the response from post 13 credited to Onenote which is contrary to what you said
Claustrum
Oct 2021
#29
trump's claim of executive privilege is a lot like the cloud of NDAs he leaves in his wake...
Wounded Bear
Oct 2021
#36
What if the Exectutive Order is Outside of the Constitutionally Restricted Powers of the President?
PurgedVoter
Oct 2021
#37
From my understanding after a long back and forth above with a few posters with way more
Claustrum
Oct 2021
#41
Fuck that. So any lame duck president can plan a coup and then exert executive privilege if or when
ecstatic
Oct 2021
#44
George Bush was likely legally advised to do it so he could cover his criminal ass.
BeckyDem
Oct 2021
#59