Has this guy never heard the phrase "Checks and balances?" Would he be this sanguine about executive privilege if a Dem were in the White House?
"I think executive privilege means whenever the president feels that he is threatened, he can simply refuse to comply with a court order," Scalia told Morrison in one exchange. "He has the power … to say, 'No, this intrudes too much upon my powers. I will not do it.' " The justice added that the president should not even be forced to fight the issue before a judge.
From Yahoo! News - Justices Appear to Support Cheney Task Force Secrecy
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