The powers of the U. S. President were significantly limited by the decision in United States v. Nixon, in that it rejected which of President Richard Nixon's

In the United States v. Nixon decision is  considered a crucial precedent limiting the power of any U.S. president to claim executive privilege.

Explanation:

The United States v. Nixon was an outcome of the watergate scandal. During the hearing of the case by the United States supreme court, the court outwardly rejected the "absolute, unqualified Presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process under all circumstances."

This limited the power of any president in domains of executive privilege.

The executive privilege is the right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to conduct confidential communications such that they are resistant to the judicial

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