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Originally posted by dculkin
Your answer is way too long. If the Constitution bears on this situation at all, it would be in connection with a separation of powers or executive privilege argument. There are matters on which the Commission cannot compel her to testify. If she volunteers to testify, the chances are high that she will have to invoke executive privilege from the witness stand, which would be awkward. So, it is probably inappropriate for her to testify. But prohited from testifying? That's another lie.
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Sorry about the length. I guess I went into more detail than you thought necessary.
If it wasn't intentional or said knowing it was wrong, it wasn't a lie by the person who said. It If somebody else gave him that to say, then that somebody else may be the liar, but only if she knew it was a lie. And so forth up the food chain.
See where I'm going?
If every false or inaccurate statement is defined as a lie, then the sciences are jam-packed with incorrigible liars; I probably lie 30% of the time my mouth opens; all children are liars. Where does it end?
What do you propose we do with these ne'er do wells?
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