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Executive privilege is a right presidents have claimed under the Constitution to withhold certain information and documents from the other branches of government and the public.

The executive privilege does not protect the president when he is acting in his personal capacity. The privilege only protects deliberations that relate to the president’s official duties.

The doctrine of executive privilege, which allows a president to keep secret various internal communications with his aides, dates back centuries Adam Carlson is the senior editor for human ...

The White House asserted executive privilege over recordings related to Special Councel Robert Hur's depositions of Biden and his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.

Our Sources. William Barr, letter to Donald Trump, May 8, 2019 National Constitution Center, "When Presidents use executive privilege," March 24, 2017Oyez.org, U.S. vs. Nixon, accessed May 8, 2019 ...

The term “executive privilege” is not in the U.S. Constitution, but it’s considered an implied power based on the separation of powers laid out in Article II, which is meant to make sure one ...

Executive Privilege 101 A Primer on Executive Privilege for the Kagan Nomination. Ian Millhiser provides a primer for the Kagan nomination process on what executive privilege is, why some ...

Eisenhower was coined the phrase "executive privilege," but wasn't the first president to invoke its principle: that presidents can withhold information from Congress, the courts or anyone else.

It concludes that executive privilege applies, and can be overcome only by some undetermined showing of congressional need. And, it reasons, because the privilege theoretically could apply, ...