Carolina Quotes[T]he select committee is exercising the constitutional power of the Senate to conduct the investigation, and the doctrine of the separation of powers of Government requires the President to recognize this and to refrain from obstructing the committee.
Sam Ervin
Carolinian
Source
Response, as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, to President Nixon's claim of executive privilege over the White House tapes, July 1973; U.S. Senate Historical Office
- form
- letter
- work
- Senate Watergate Committee response to President Nixon
- year
- 1973
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“the select committee is exercising the constitutional power …” Sam Ervin. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-85CA2C225F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/85ca2c225f
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