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Cleaning Up The Legal Debris Left In The Wake Of Whitewater, Susan Low Bloch
Cleaning Up The Legal Debris Left In The Wake Of Whitewater, Susan Low Bloch
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We have learned a lot in the twenty-five years since Watergate. During the scandal itself, we confirmed that the President is not above the law. We learned that executive privilege is constitutionally protected, but that it is not absolute. And, we learned that a need exists for an independent counsel, but that we don't necessarily need a statute to establish such an office.
Watergate and the Nixon era spawned several so-called "reforms": the establishment of the independent counsel statute, presidential immunity from civil damage suits for official action, and public ownership of the President's official papers. It is interesting and …