Bush Executive Privilege

White House Refuses To Release Documents On Air-Quality Policy

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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The Bush administration yesterday invoked executive privilege and refused to turn over key documents sought by a House investigative committee, escala...

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Senator Sam's Challenge to Presidential Power

Julian E. Zelizer and Bruce Schulman | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Julian E. Zelizer and Bruce Schulman

We seem to be back to the summer of 1973, although in some respects Bush's extension of executive power has been much more dramatic than anything in that period.

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Executive Privilege: Let Congress's Contempt Suit Proceed

Emily Berman and Aziz Huq | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Checks and Balances, Congress, Nobel Prize, Bush Executive Privilege, Watergate, Three Branches of Government, Congressional Oversight, Executive Power, Presidency, Politics News
Emily Berman and Aziz Huq

The executive is assigned the tools to respond to danger -- which also makes it the branch that poses the greatest risk to our own liberties and the branch in greatest need of oversight.

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Dems Delay Miers Contempt Vote To Address Economic Crisis

Politico | John Bresnahan | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Josh Bolten, Miers Bolten Contempt, Alberto Gonzales and Fired US Attorneys, Bush Executive Privilege, US Attorneys Scandal, Harriet Miers, Conyers Contempt, Miers Contempt, David Iglesias, House Contempt Miers Bolten, Politics News

House Democrats will postpone votes on criminal contempt citations against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Har...

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White House Has No Comprehensive Email Archive

Washington Post | Elizabeth Williamson and Dan Eggen | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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For years, the Bush administration has relied on an inadequate archiving system for storing the millions of e-mails sent through White House servers, ...

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Holding Them Accountable

Rep. Zoe Lofgren | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Executive Crimes, Bush Executive Privilege, Bush Administration, Cheney Executive Privilege, Executive Branch Prosecutions Act, Cheney Executive Power, Congressional Oversight, Executive Power, Bush Executive Power, Politics News
Rep. Zoe Lofgren

Federal law currently suspends the statute of limitations for crimes related to national security. That suspension should extend to any crime committed by the president or vice president while in office.

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