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Monday July 23, 2007

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Week of July 23, 2007

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10:00Executive Privilege and Executive Power*

The administration says Congress can not use the Justice Department to pursue contempt charges against White House officials when -- as in the current case in which Congress is investigating the White House role in the firings of U.S. attorneys -- the White House has invoked executive privilege. Diane and her guests talk about this claim and its political, legal, and Constitutional implications.

*The previously announced segment on the nation's infrastructure has been postponed. Check back on this page for updates.

Guests

Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general, Republican counsel during the Iran-contra hearings, and founding partner with the Lichfield Group

Lee Casey, lawyer in private practice and former staff director of the Federal Legal Counsel in the Justice Department during the Reagan and first Bush administrations

11:00Aurelia Scott: "Otherwise Normal People" (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

The story of people who devote much of their life to growing and showing the perfect rose. An inside look at the competitive world of competitive rose gardening.

Guests

Aurelia Scott, master gardener whose writing has appeared in "The New York Times," "Fine Gardening," "Cottage Living," "Yankee" among other publications.

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