Monday, June 17, 2019

Undermining Everything

NY Times: Trump’s Abuse of Executive Privilege Is More Than a Present Danger - He’s probably making it harder for future presidents to govern. By Neal K. Katyal - Mr. Katyal is a law professor at Georgetown.
Executive privilege has a legitimate core, but Mr. Trump’s attempts are going to wind up undermining that core, and make it harder for future presidents to govern. He is essentially saying that he will not turn over information to Congress about potential wrongdoing — the absolute weakest claim to executive privilege along the spectrum of possible claims.

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