1.0 link 44065 <![CDATA[Subpoenas and the Exercise of "Executive Privilege"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aziz-huq/subpoenas-and-the-exercis_b_44065.html We all stand on the shoulders of giants. And few giants loom larger in the study of "executive prerogatives" than Arthur Schlesinger Jr., that great American historian--and that great American--who recently and sadly passed away.

Let's pause and ponder for a moment what Schlesinger has to say about this notion of "executive privilege" in his magnum opus The Imperial Presidency, and what this means for the subpoenas just authorized (but not issued) today by the Senate Judiciary Committee against...

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