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Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:00 AM

A federal court rejects Bush's "executive privilege" claims

A Bush-appointed judge rules that the president's top aides do not have absolute immunity from responding to congressional subpoenas.
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  • Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:04 PM

    @ rumpole

    Well, the standard is "knowing." Novel theories are not always sactionable. As I mentioned before, what this does establish is a good precident. If someone goes out and makes the same argument again - after it has been rejected - then they could very well be sactioned.

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