Read complete books and articles on: Executive Privilege

Executive Privilege - exemption of the executive branch of government, or its officers, from having to give evidence, specifically, in U.S. law, the exemption of the president from disclosing information to congressional inquiries or the judiciary. Claims of executive privilege are usually invoked to protect confidential military or diplomatic operations or to protect the private discussions and

15 of the Best Books and Articles on: Executive Privilege

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The Law: Executive Privilege: Definition and Standards of Application, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by Mark J. Rozell. 13 pgs.

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...The Law: Executive Privilege: Definition and Standards of...the presidents elaborate use of executive privilege. Although nowhere mentioned in the Constitution, executive...
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Presidential Secrecy and Deception: Beyond the Power to Persuade » Read Now
by John M. Orman. 242 pgs.

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...p. Includes index. 1. Executive privilege Government information...the continued "abuse of executive privilege," but in his first press...when he answered a query on...
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Source Material: Nixon's Ghost Haunts the Presidential Records Act: The Reagan and George W. Bush Administrations, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by Bruce P. Montgomery. 5 pgs.

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...independently based claims of executive privilege to control access to White...stem from a Nixonion view of executive privilege. The order, for example...these same...
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Executive Privilege Revived?: Secrecy and Conflict during the Bush Presidency, in Duke Law Journal » Read Now
by Mark J. Rozell. 20 pgs.

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...Executive privilege revived?: secrecy and conflict during the Bush presidency...established now as a legitimate presidential power, executive privilege remains...
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Executive Privilege in the Lewinsky Scandal: Giving a Good Doctrine a Bad Name, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by Mark J. Rozell. 5 pgs.

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...Executive Privilege in the Lewinsky Scandal: Giving...Name by MARK J. ROZELL Executive privilege is the right of the president and...most people, the mere mention of...
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Executive Privilege in the Carter Administration: The "Open" Presidency and Secrecy Policy, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by Mark J. Rozell. 12 pgs.

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...Executive privilege in the Carter Administration: the...Watergate crisis brought the doctrine of executive privilege--the right of the president to withhold...impact on the...
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Executive Privilege in the Ford Administration: Prudence in the Exercise of Presidential Power, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by Mark J. Rozell. 12 pgs.

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...Executive Privilege in the Ford Administration: Prudence...Watergate crisis brought the doctrine of executive privilege--which recognizes the right of the...such an impact...
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Ronald Reagan's America, Vol. 2 (Chap. 21 "Executive Privilege in the Reagan Administration: Diluting a Constitutional Doctrine") » Read Now
by Eric J. Schmertz, Natalie Datlof, Alexej Ugrinsky. 460 pgs.

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Supporters of the Reagan presidency claim that the "Reagan Revolution" defeated inflation, reduced the role of government, rehabilitated the authority of the states and local government, and established a sensible balance between industrial progress and environmental protection. Opponents assert...
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Supporters of the Reagan presidency claim that the "Reagan Revolution" defeated inflation, reduced the role of government, rehabilitated the authority of the states and local government, and established a sensible balance between industrial progress and environmental protection. Opponents assert that these policies increased the national debt by more than $1 trillion, gutted social programs, and created a "trickle-down" economy that increased unemployment, insecurity, homelessness, and the percentage of Americans living at or below the poverty level. Both positions are argued by Reagan aides and scholars of the era.
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Watergate and Afterward: The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon (Chap. 7 "President Nixon's Conception of Executive Privilege: Defining the Scope and Limits of Executive Branch Secrecy") » Read Now
by Leon A. Friedman, William F. Levantrosser. 378 pgs.

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This volume examines the Watergate controversy and its legacy, focusing particular attention on Nixon's alleged misuse of government power for political ends, his administration's obsession with secrecy and the control of information, and the impeachment proceedings. Based upon the Hofstra...
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This volume examines the Watergate controversy and its legacy, focusing particular attention on Nixon's alleged misuse of government power for political ends, his administration's obsession with secrecy and the control of information, and the impeachment proceedings. Based upon the Hofstra Presidential Conference on Richard M. Nixon, the collection includes a final assessment of the Nixon presidency by a group of biographers who have written extensively about the man and his politics as well as appraisals of Nixon's accomplishments and failures by administration figures, outside historians, and journalists.
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"We Have a Duty": The Supreme Court and the Watergate Tapes Litigation » Read Now
by Howard Ball. 170 pgs.

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This unique study of the Watergate scandal analyzes the U.S. vs. Nixon case from the perspective of the Supreme Court justices. Using original interviews and letters from the Justices, as well as conference notes and docket sheets of selected Court members, Ball explores the constitutional issues...
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This unique study of the Watergate scandal analyzes the U.S. vs. Nixon case from the perspective of the Supreme Court justices. Using original interviews and letters from the Justices, as well as conference notes and docket sheets of selected Court members, Ball explores the constitutional issues that faced the Court and the way in which they arrived at an institutional opinion. Discussions of the role of the federal judiciary in the political system, the concept of judicial review, and the Court's processes and personnel put the case into perspective.
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Congressional Investigations and the Role of Privilege, in American Criminal Law Review » Read Now
by Kalah Auchincloss. 34 pgs.

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"From Pillar to Post": The Prosecution of American Presidents, in American Criminal Law Review » Read Now
by Jonathan Turley. 58 pgs.

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The Law: President Bush's First Executive Privilege Claim: The FBI/Boston Investigation, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by Charles Tiefer. 10 pgs.

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...law: President Bushs first executive privilege claim: the FBI/Boston investigation...with President Bushs formal executive privilege invocation. It then traces...President...
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George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency (Chap. 7 "George Washington and the Origins of Executive Privilege") » Read Now
by Mark J. Rozell, William D. Pederson, Frank J. Williams. 212 pgs.

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This essay collection is a retrospective analysis of the Washington administration and an examination of its importance to understanding the modern presidency. Contemporary presidential scholarship gives little attention to the enormous impact that Washington's actions had on establishing the...
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This essay collection is a retrospective analysis of the Washington administration and an examination of its importance to understanding the modern presidency. Contemporary presidential scholarship gives little attention to the enormous impact that Washington's actions had on establishing the presidency. Many of Washington's precedents last to this day, and in some respects his presidency established a model of leadership that is quite relevant today.
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Out of Sight, but Not Out of Mind: How Executive Order 13,233 Expands Executive Privilege While Simultaneously Preventing Access to Presidential Records, in Stanford Law Review » Read Now
by Marcy Lynn Karin. 42 pgs.

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...Executive Order 13,233 expands executive privilege while simultaneously preventing...extends the fight to exert executive privilege to the Vice President, a...Part I of...