Saturday, June 30, 2007

Showdown

The Hill outlines the latest conflict between Congress and the White House over executive privilege.

The White House says: "For the president to perform his constitutional duties, it is imperative that he receive candid and unfettered advice and that free and open discussions and deliberations occur among his advisers and among those advisers and between those advisers and others within and outside the executive branch.”

Senate Judiciary member Charles Schumer "accused the White House of having an 'imperious attitude' toward Congress’s investigative power and the American people’s right to know. 'Show me an administration that likes secrecy, and I’ll show you an administration that has something to hide.'"

The Hill predicts that the battle will end up in the Supreme Court.