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...provision was in effect made optional in the Presidential Succession Act of 1886 and dropped altogether in a 1947 succession law because many legislators thought it cumbersome. Yet Huntington and Harvard Law Professor Paul Freund are convinced that if and when a double vacancy occurs, an amendment to the 1947 act would enable the nation to schedule a special election to fill both offices. Such an amendment could be passed by a simple majority in both houses of Congress. It could of course be vetoed by Nixon or either Ford or Albert, if one of the two had by then...
...Paul A. Freund, Loeb University Professor, also refused to comment because of his Senate testimony next week on a bill that would create an independent prosecutor...
...deference to Professor Freund, I must conclude that the disclosure of information by the President is not only the moral thing to do, but also, the legal thing...
Your July 10 news story on Professor Freund's reaction to President Nixon's decision to withhold information from the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities raises some very interesting questions about the separation of powers in the United States...
...addition, the doctrine of "Executive Privilege" cited by Professor Freund as the basis for the Presidential refusal to hand over documents is hardly a viable foundation for such a claim. "Executive Privilege" is a doctrine without statutory or constitutional foundation. In fact, it has developed unrestrained over the years, as a matter of habit on the part of the Executive and an act of courtesy on the part of the Congress. Although the constitutionality of the doctrine has not been decided, advocates are hard pressed to find any legal justifications for the "privilege." Thus, the doctrine should be considered more...