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I have heard people say that courts would take too long, and they needed it by the election. However, there is a very similar precedent for this which was resolved within a reasonable time frame. In the Nixon Watergate hearings they resolved it in less than four months.
On April 11, 1974 the Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena for taped conversations.
On April 30 Nixon released redacted transcripts. which did not fully comply.
A request was made to the Supreme Court to resolve the issue, without going through the usual appeal processes.
The Supreme court expedited the case and the case was resolved by July 24, 1974
Nixon White House tapes - Wikipedia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...comply-fully/2012/06/04/gJQAZSw0IV_story.html
Since there is precedent for the Supreme court expediting just this sort of executive privilege claim in a Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, why would they not have simply pressed for the same thing again?
On April 11, 1974 the Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena for taped conversations.
On April 30 Nixon released redacted transcripts. which did not fully comply.
A request was made to the Supreme Court to resolve the issue, without going through the usual appeal processes.
The Supreme court expedited the case and the case was resolved by July 24, 1974
Nixon White House tapes - Wikipedia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...comply-fully/2012/06/04/gJQAZSw0IV_story.html
Since there is precedent for the Supreme court expediting just this sort of executive privilege claim in a Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, why would they not have simply pressed for the same thing again?
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