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...legion. But Vice President Spiro Agnew's situation now seems sure to force the resolution of a number of long open constitutional questions. Last week TIME asked six experts in constitutional law and history to discuss together the complex issues and implications of the case. The six: Raoul Berger, 72, Harvard Law School Senior Fellow and authority on impeachment and Executive privilege; Alexander Bickel, 48, Yale...
...BERGER: I think we ought to start with the constitutional language in Article I, Section 3. "Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office ... but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial" and so forth. This language is pretty plain. They didn't say that an impeachment must precede an indictment. They provided only that an impeachment would not foreclose an indictment. Second, the Vice President is seeking a privilege, an implied privilege that was denied to the Congress by the Constitution. Congressmen "shall in all cases, except...
...Berger is right in his answer...
...HELENE BERGER...
...defense, Mitch Berger and Joe Mackey will start at the ends with Mike O'Hare and Bob Shaw manning the tackles...