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The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. The OLC memos interpreted the Constitution as prohibiting the indictment
Wed Jul 24, 2019, 12:48 PM
Jul 2019

of a sitting president on the ground that it would violate the separation of powers doctrine. Whether or not that interpretation is correct would have to be decided by the Supreme Court - and I'm not sure we want this Supreme Court deciding the issue.

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