Executive Privilege

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An analysis of the concept "Executive Privilege". It discusses the history and origins of the term and proceeds to detail examples of when this concept was instituted and practiced. It analyzes the constitutional basis for this law and provides pros and cons.

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"The actual phrase, ?Executive Privilege,? was not a part of the common language until the Eisenhower administration. The first time the term was used occurred in 1954 when Senator Joseph McCarthy was investigating the Eisenhower administration. McCarthy had planned to subpoena Eisenhower's chief of staff, but Eisenhower told his advisers that Congress had no right to ask White House personnel to testify in any manner concerning conversations with the President "at any time on any subject."

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