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Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege : History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments / Morton Rosenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenberg, Morton, author.
- Series:
- CRS report for Congress ; RL30319.
- CRS report for Congress ; RL30319
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executive privilege (Government information)--United States.
- Executive privilege (Government information).
- Confidential communications--United States.
- Confidential communications.
- United States. President.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (30 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Congressional Research Service, 2007.
- Summary:
- This report provides a brief review and discussion of the historical and legal development of the constitutionally-based prerogative of the President to maintain the confidentiality of documents or other materials or information that reflect presidential decision making and deliberations. The evolving nature and scope of the presidential privilege is described and discussed and recent court decisions are analyzed to determine how they illuminate current inter branch information disputes. Watergate cases are discussed, as well as executive branch positions on this issue from Kennedy through G.W. Bush, and the impact of the Espy and Judicial Watch rulings.
- Notes:
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