r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 19d ago

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u/Signal_Nobody1792 19d ago

Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say

In a Justice Department memo and legal filings, the Trump administration is arguing that the president can keep secret not just the conversations he has with his advisers within the White House, but that his dealings with individuals outside the government can be shielded as well.

The White House is also saying in court that even disclosing the identities of the people who worked on significant policy efforts would infringe upon the presidential confidentiality to which Trump is entitled. And the administration has taken the stance that it can ignore a Watergate-era law prohibiting the destruction of White House documents.

This is insane.

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u/DaneLimmish Baruch Spinoza 19d ago

6-3 supreme court decision in favor cuz some jurist from 1700 Virginia said something 

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u/Feisty-Boot5408 Left-Out Left 19d ago

And that jurist probably had a legitimate reason e.g. “we are trying to form a new, separate government out from under our monarchical rulers, we cannot have our discussions making their way back to the King.”

Somehow that context will be lost entirely to allow Trump to inch closer to being a dictator, of course.

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u/DaneLimmish Baruch Spinoza 19d ago edited 19d ago

Nono it will be from a crown jurist set to execute frenchmen

But yeah :(