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U.S. Supreme Court,
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Constitutional Law

Dec. 14, 2018

To indict or not to indict? The high court should answer

I've reviewed the DOJ's memo from 2000, titled "A Sitting President's Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution." It reviewed the 1973 Watergate-era memo which concluded there is no constitutional bar to indictment.

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To indict or not to indict? The high court should answer
Robert Mueller (New York Times News Service)

I have read the U.S. Department of Justice's memo from 2000, titled "A Sitting President's Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution." It reviewed the 1973 Watergate-era memo which concluded there is no constitutional bar to indictment, trial and conviction, but...

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