Court Opinion

ID: 7279449
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-25 20:07:08.163075+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:18:59.030963
License: Public Domain

WILKEY, Circuit Judge
(concurring) :
On my own analysis our logical first conclusion should be that the constitutional principle of separation of powers makes the issue here a political question and therefore not justiciable (Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 82 S.Ct. 691, 7 L. Ed.2d 663 (1962); Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486, 89 S.Ct. 1944, 23 L.Ed.2d 491 (1968), and Nixon v. Sirica, 159 U.S.App.D.C. 120-157, 487 F.2d 700, 762-799 (1973) (Wilkey, J., dissenting) ); however, I agree that, taking the majority opinion in Nixon v. Sirica as still prevailing, Chief Judge Bazelon’s opinion is likewise a sound basis for the action we take, and I therefore join therein without further reservation.