Executive Privilege

Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

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 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

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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Jim Webb Wows Democratic Partisans In L.A.

B.G.Rhule | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

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B.G.Rhule

Hurricane Katrina is the symbol, said Webb. It "connects the dots," demonstrating the generalized impression that fairness is simply not part and parcel of the current Executive landscape.

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President Bush Claims Executive Privilege in EPA Investigation

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

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Janet Ritz

Today the President has asserted executive privilege to prevent the Committee from learning why he and his staff overruled EPA.

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"Executive Privilege" Alert: White House Planning Major Effort to Confuse Americans Yet Again

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.28.2007 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

If Miers didn't want to self-incriminate, she could have pleaded the Fifth to the questions from Congress. That's the right of every American. Ignoring a subpoena is not.

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