Executive privilege does not apply when the president is under a criminal investigation.

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"No, the Executive Privilege is the right of the President, but not only him or her. The other official leaders and congress men may have this privilege as well."

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With executive privilege, the president is allowed to overstep congressional authority, and not answer to Congress's efforts to question his or her actions. With the series of checks and balances that are established in the Constitution, this particular privilege is puzzling. Some believe that executive privilege is a fallacy, and that congressional approval is absolute.

Executive privilege should not be eliminated. It is legal for the President of the United States to use executive privilege where the President makes the final decision as the President feels would be best. It has been used many, many times.

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Nixon claimed Executive Privilege in not releasing the tapes.

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Executive Privilege is not an unlimited right to refuse. It extends only to those topics or areas which are critical for the President to retain privacy in order to accomplish his role as Executive.

As such, it was possible for Congress to compel Bill Clinton to testify regarding the Whitewater affair.

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No. That is for the president.

Perhaps with the exception of the Supreme Court, any untrammeled privilege is a danger.

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The term executive privilege originated with who

The term executive privilege originated with who

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"executive privilege"

"Executive privilege" is a term used by the United States government. In layman's terms, it refers to the ability of the President to overrule interventions from the other two branches of government.

The ability of the president and executive officials to withhold information from or refuse to appear before Congress or the courts.

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yes, it is called executive privilege

No, this is an internet myth. The president has used Executive Privilege once since he took office, and that instance had nothing to do with amending any laws. The president's two immediate predecessors used Executive Privilege far more frequently: President Bush invoked the power six times and President Clinton used it 14 times.

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Invoking the inherent power of executive privilege.

the answer is separation of powers

Executive privilege is a certain "power" claimed by the President to avoid subpoenas and other interventions by other parts of the government. It comes from a Supreme Court ruling and not from the Constitution like a lot of people think.

One example of executive privilege is the case of U.S. v. Nixon. This case focused on the criminal case of President Nixon and his invoking of privilege in order to refuse to produce copies of phone calls that took place in the Oval Office.

George Washington was the first American president to take advantage of the term executive privilege. This incident took place in 1792 when George Washington refused to give information to the congressional comittee.

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It is more of a privilege than an absolute power because of the checks and balances in the government.

(Checks and balances is were different branches of the government [executive, judicial, legislative] have to go through each other to get things done within the government)

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Nixon sought to invoke "executive privilege". Executive privilege isthe power claimed by thePresident of the United Statesand other members of theexecutive branchto resist certainsubpoenasand other interventions by thelegislativeandjudicial branchesof government. The concept of executive privilege is not mentioned explicitly in theUnited States Constitution, but theSupreme Court of the United Statesruled it to be an element of theseparation of powersdoctrine, and/or derived from the supremacy of executive branch in its own area of Constitutional activity

TheSupreme Courtconfirmed the legitimacy of this doctrine inUnited States v. Nixon, but only to the extent of confirming that there is a qualified privilege. Once invoked, a presumption of privilege is established, requiring the Prosecutor to make a "sufficient showing" that the "Presidential material" is "essential to the justice of the case."(418 U.S. at 713-14).Chief JusticeBurgerfurther stated that executive privilege would most effectively apply when the oversight of the executive would impair that branch's national security concerns. In the case of Watergate, national security was NOT the issue at hand.

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Executive privilege is permitted as long as it does not interfere with due process.

The rule of law over executive privilege.

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What reason did the president give for justifying his claim of executive privilege

One example of executive privilege is the case of U.S. v. Nixon. This case focused on the criminal case of President Nixon and his invoking of privilege in order to refuse to produce copies of phone calls that took place in the Oval Office.

Executive privilege is permitted as long as it does not interfere with due process.

Executive privilege is permitted as long as it does not interfere with due process.

The President can use all of his powers as soon as he takes office.

In the modern age, it was Bill Clinton, who used executive privilege at least twelve times (some sources say fourteen). But George W. Bush used Signing Statements more than any other president (over 800 times).