executive privilege

(noun)

The power claimed by the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government.

Related Terms

  • treason
  • Aaron Burr

Examples of executive privilege in the following topics:

  • The Burr Conspiracy

    • Burr's trial brought into question the ideas of executive privilege, state secrets privilege, and the independence of the executive branch of government.
    • He insisted that all relevant papers had been made available and that he was not subject to this writ because he held executive privilege.
    • He also argued that he should not be subject to the commands of the judiciary because the Constitution guaranteed the executive branch's independence from the judicial branch.
  • The Cover-Up and the Unraveling

    • Nixon refused on grounds of executive privilege, contending that the release of the tapes would compromise national security.
  • Modern Republicanism

    • On the domestic front, Eisenhower covertly opposed Joseph McCarthy and contributed to the end of McCarthyism by openly invoking the modern expanded version of executive privilege.
  • Watergate

    • ., the Chairman of the Executive Director of Democratic States.
    • Nixon refused to hand the tapes over and cited executive privilege, the right of the president to refuse certain subpoenas.
  • The Rise of the Assemblies

    • The charters provided a fundamental constitution and divided powers among legislative, executive, and judicial functions, with those powers vested in elected officials.
    • However, it is important to note that these assemblies were mostly representative of the privileged and mercantile classes.
    • Most assemblies considered it their role to protecting their interests against executive encroachments, despite the fact that the colonial governor's authority was legally unassailable.
  • Anarchism

    • The anti-authoritarian sections of the First International were the precursors of the anarcho-syndicalists, who sought to "replace the privilege and authority of the State" with the "free and spontaneous organization of labor. " In 1886, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labour Unions (FOTLU) of the United States and Canada unanimously set May 1st, 1886 as the date by which the eight-hour work day would become standard.
    • Four of the men were executed and a fifth committed suicide prior to his own execution.
  • Foreign and Domestic Crises

    • To the Federalists, however, the French Revolution represented pure anarchy, especially after the execution of the French king in 1793.
    • The French king was executed in January 1793, and the next two years became known as "the Terror," a period of extreme violence against perceived enemies of the revolutionary government.
    • Democratic-Republicans interpreted the same events with greater optimism, seeing them as necessary to eliminating the monarchy and aristocratic culture that supported the privileges of a hereditary class of rulers.
  • Domestic Discontent with the War

    • In his April 2, 1917 address to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany, Wilson ends by saying, “America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured.
    • The April 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was crushed within a week by the occupying British military government and the Irish Republican leaders subsequently executed by firing squad.
  • The Election of 1976

    • One of the advantages Ford held over Carter as the general election campaign began was that, as President, he was privileged to preside over events dealing with the United States Bicentennial.
    • These events were part of Ford's "Rose Garden" strategy to win the election: instead of appearing as a typical politician, Ford presented himself as a "tested leader" who was busily fulfilling the role of national leader and Chief Executive.
  • Religion in Early New England

    • Women, who were considered more susceptible to the Devil because of their supposedly weaker constitutions, made up the vast majority of suspects and those who were executed.
    • From 1645 to 1663, about 80 people throughout the Massachusetts Bay Colony were accused of practicing witchcraft, and 13 women and two men were executed.
    • The Duke's appointment of an Irish-born Catholic as governor of the colony of New York was followed by the passage of a charter of liberties and privileges for Catholics.
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