Executive Privilege

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What Did the President Know and When Did He Know It? Karl Rove Knows...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brown Shirts, Dirty Tricks, Karl Rove, Oliver E. Diaz Jr., Paul Minor, Don Siegelman, US Attorney Scandal, Executive Privilege, President Bush, Political Prosecutions, Politics News

Since we are a democracy and none of us are above the law, either we all have to honor subpoenas or we don't. If Karl Rove does not have to show up to court, then none of us have to.

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Rove's Executive Privilege Claims Don't Pass the Laugh Test

Paul Abrams | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Pardon, Executive Privilege, Gregory Craig, Barack Obama, Politics News

One tantalizing question Chairman Conyers should ask Rove when he comes to testify: "Did George Bush issue you a pardon?" It is very possible that Bush issued a host of pardons secretly.

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Karl Rove's Executive Privilege May Vanish on January 20, 2009

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Richard Nixon, Watergate, Valerie Plame, US Attorneys Firings, Executive Privilege, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News

While the economy, energy, education and a redirection of foreign policy are all very pressing matters, the new Congress cannot ignore restoring the integrity of the Constitution.

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New Justice Department Push To Keep Bush Aides From Testifying

Murray Waas | Posted 10.27.2009 | Home

Read More: White House Subpoenas, Karl Rove, President Bush, John Conyers, Murray Waas, Executive Privilege, John Bates, Hariett Miers, Home News

The Justice Department filed papers in court late Monday asking a federal judge to temporarily set aside his own order directing White House officials...

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Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran-Contra, Constitution, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Amendment, Pardon Power, Executive Privilege, Scooter Libby, Caspar Weinberger, Presidential Pardons, Bush Pardons, Politics News

Excluding from the pardon power persons who have worked for the administration will prevent the president from covering up illegal acts -- making it less likely that officials will carry out illegal acts in the first place.

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Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

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