Executive Privilege Should Not Apply at Impeachment Trials
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While I think this impeachment trial needs to stop and the voters need to decide it, I do want to note I think executive privilege should not apply in an impeachment trial. The President of the United States is not in a criminal trial. There is no right to avoid self-incrimination. The three branches of government are not equal. Article I actually is predominant except to the extent it cedes power to Article II or Article III. The Congress is at its most powerful when it joins with the presiding officer of the third branch of government to try the Chief Executive Officer of the nation.
Executive Privilege Should Not Apply at Impeachment Trials
Executive Privilege Should Not Apply at…
Executive Privilege Should Not Apply at Impeachment Trials
While I think this impeachment trial needs to stop and the voters need to decide it, I do want to note I think executive privilege should not apply in an impeachment trial. The President of the United States is not in a criminal trial. There is no right to avoid self-incrimination. The three branches of government are not equal. Article I actually is predominant except to the extent it cedes power to Article II or Article III. The Congress is at its most powerful when it joins with the presiding officer of the third branch of government to try the Chief Executive Officer of the nation.