The constitutional question at the heart of United States v. Nixon is best described as

United States v. Nixon concerned whether President Nixon could refuse to turn over White House recordings by claiming executive privilege. The Supreme Court held that executive privilege is not absolute and must yield to the needs of a criminal trial. This addressed the limits of presidential power within the constitutional separation of powers, making “the extent to which separation of powers was constitutional” the best choice.

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