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<blockquote data-quote="CGS1" data-source="post: 3363841" data-attributes="member: 42767"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Presidential Immunity</strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY</span></strong></p><p>The Constitution has no provision regarding presidential immunity akin to the speech or debate clause that protects members of Congress in performing their official duties. Nevertheless, most Presidents have claimed the constitutional structure implicitly protects their ability to execute their constitutional obligations.</p><p></p><p>The Supreme Court first recognized presidential immunity formally in united states v. nixon (1973). The Court concluded the privilege was not absolute but presumptive and ordered President richard m. nixon to comply with a subpoena requesting some tapes of his conversations with his aides. The Court determined that Nixon's "generalized" need for "confidential communications" with staff was outweighed by the need for the materials sought in a pending criminal prosecution against members of his staff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CGS1, post: 3363841, member: 42767"] [SIZE=6][B]Presidential Immunity[/B][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=6]PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY[/SIZE][/B] The Constitution has no provision regarding presidential immunity akin to the speech or debate clause that protects members of Congress in performing their official duties. Nevertheless, most Presidents have claimed the constitutional structure implicitly protects their ability to execute their constitutional obligations. The Supreme Court first recognized presidential immunity formally in united states v. nixon (1973). The Court concluded the privilege was not absolute but presumptive and ordered President richard m. nixon to comply with a subpoena requesting some tapes of his conversations with his aides. The Court determined that Nixon's "generalized" need for "confidential communications" with staff was outweighed by the need for the materials sought in a pending criminal prosecution against members of his staff. [/QUOTE]
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