McGahn ruling is a heck of a smackdown for DOJ: "When DOJ insists that Presidents can lawfully prevent their senior-level aides from responding to compelled congressional process and that neither the federal courts nor Congress has the power to do anything about it, DOJ...

"... promotes a conception of separation-of-powers principles that gets these constitutional commands exactly backwards."

"DOJ’s claim to absolute testimonial immunity—essentially, that the Constitution’s scheme countenances unassailable Executive branch authority—is baseless"

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) November 25, 2019

"the Court cannot abide DOJ’s less-than-subtle suggestion that the Legislature and the Judiciary are both hopelessly stymied when it comes to addressing alleged abuses by the Executive branch, such that, ultimately, the President wields virtually unchecked power."

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) November 25, 2019