will get dragged out but when a judge does hear this case, what does the law say? the argument there is some sort of absolute immunity that the entire subject matter is off limits i think is a clear loser. i think jerry nadler was right about that. the supreme court never defined the precise contours of executive privilege and what is off limits. it is true there are certain conversations involving decision making on policy matters where the president is entitled to get advice and not have those conversations subject to congressional or other sorts of compulsive disclosure, however, there is also a lot that congress is allowed to investigate and the idea that you can simply say no to everything is just clearly wrong but the court process is trump's allies because this will take months, the public's attention