Executive privilege

1. Our Episcopal honor code reads as follows: “As a member of the Episcopal High School community, I pledge that I will not lie, cheat or steal, and that I will uphold the values of honesty and integrity.” The honor code is somewhat vague, but at the same time is stringent. The last line can be interpreted in several ways. Every individual has a certain ethical system in which they decide if what they are doing is right or wrong. However, there are certain actions that are considered universally immoral. Such actions include lying, cheating, and stealing – all of which are included in the EHS honor code. In the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon broke our honor code. By denying all involvement in the scandal, Nixon lied. It is confirmed that Nixon knew about the burglary and paid Watergate defendants to keep quiet about the event. Nixon was directly involved in the intrusion of the Democratic National Headquarters, and if he had just addressed the mistake, it would have cleared his name from the crime. However, he feared for the prosperity of his campaign that he wanted to stop the spread of the scandal completely. The agents of CREEP aimed to start conflict in the Democratic Party, and Nixon did not do anything to stop it. In my mind, this is considered cheating. He had the advantage of having people working in his favor, but they were doing so illegally. This action goes directly against our honor code, and he could have just prevented this by denying all benefits from the…

In the early 1970’s there was a break in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters, which came to be known as the Watergate break-ins. Upon Investigation It was found that top white house officials, the CIA, FBI and even the president at the time Richard Nixon was involved in trying to cover it up. This led to Richard Nixon resigning which in my opinion was to save face from the impeachment that was coming his way. In the upcoming paragraphs I will be summarizing and examining two…

the presidents have grown and the use of executive priviliege has been attempted frequently to protect themselves from investigations. Along with George Washington the House of Representatives requested information regarding salary information from President Andrew Jackson, however Jackson refused to fulfill the request saying that attempts to invade the rights of the Executive branch and the individuals who work closely to the branch is unjust. As the power of the president's office grew…

George Washington establishment of Executive Privilege From the beginning in 1795, the Executive Privilege Doctrine was established by our first president George Washington. The Doctrine of Executive Privilege is to protect the Executive Branch’s confidentiality interest. “Executive Privilege in the context of the secrecy syndrome of the government” (Reylea, 1981, p. 31). The Doctrine of Executive Privilege has expanded over the years. J.A. Carroll and M.W. Ashworth stated that the hopes of the…

Executive privilege is a right held by the executive branch that allows the president to withhold information and while the Constitution does not grant this power to the executive explicitly, presidents have justified executive privilege using the Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine and the role of the executive branch in foreign affairs (O’Brien). The sole organ theory also asserts that the president alone acts as a representative on behalf of the country when dealing with foreign…

This action is not tolerated in the Constitution but, many presidents debated that executive privilege is technically part of the separation of powers. Their reason why is because if their aides’ wants to help they don’t want to be testified. That's been the reason for years since but, president Dwight Eisenhower was the first one to call it “executive privilege”. This situation tends to become a problem between Congress and the President. The results tends to end up going anyway, either the…

tasked with answering was if the President’s right to safeguard certain information, using his “Executive Privilege” confidentiality power, make them entirely immune from judicial review. The United States filed the case to the Federal Circuit Court. The Federal Circuit Court said yes that the issue of the case did fall under executive privilege, however the special prosecutor Leon Jaworski had sufficient evidence to obtain a subpoena for the tapes and documents. The United States then…

Executive Privilege is a controversial presidential power that is recognized by the courts but is nowhere mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Executive Privilege is often used by presidents to hide information that may be incriminating or detrimental to their party or political standing. Many historians and politicians have claimed that executive privilege is not real and question whether it is constitutional for presidents and other members of the executive branch to withhold documents and…

exciting. What I did not know is that in 1973, the case Miller v. California, is a test in which Supreme Court use to determine if something is pornography or obscure. There are three prongs to the Miller case: the Roth test, state and local government discretion of what is obscene or not, and whether the court redefines obscenity. (Davis, Terri) Court cases are fastening in a way it basically involved part of the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial review. Out…

One branch cannot hold all the power because our freedom will be in danger. Montesquieu, a french philosopher, said the secret of freedom in a government is separation of power. With this new Constitution, the legislative branch will not hold all of the federal power. Instead, the federal power will be divided into three branches: a Judicial Branch that will interpret the law, an Executive Branch that will execute the law, and a Legislative branch that will make the laws. This will create a…