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On a bulletin board I frequent, there was some discussion about checks and balances between the executive and legislative branch. One commenter noted that, in the end, Nixon handed over the tapes when he was ordered to and his people obeyed Congressional subpoenas. The current Bush administration is or was made up of a number […]