We the People: Court's creation of Executive Privilege without foundation

The Supreme Court's historic rejection in U.S. v. Nixon (1974) - "The Watergate Tapes Case" - of President Richard Nixon's assertion of an "absolute" and "unreviewable" authority to invoke executive privilege, saved the republic from an unaccountable, autocratic executive, and won richly-deserved praise from a grateful citizenry across America.

But the court cut the ground from beneath its landmar...