October 1973 Issue [Article] The Grand Inquest of the Nation Download PDF Adjust Share The President can no more create a constitutional power to withhold information than he can pull himself up by his own bootstraps by Raoul Berger, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 1789-1809 1969-1974 1972-1974 1973- 20th century Constitutional history Constitutional period D.C.) Executive privilege (Government information) Governmental investigations History Legislative power Politics and government Richard M. (Richard Milhous) Nixon Separation of powers United States Washington Watergate Affair Watergate Trial More from Raoul Berger Impeachment An instrument of regeneration Adjust Share