Presidential privilege allowing the president and other executive branch officials to keep certain communications private if disclosure of those communications would disrupt the decision making processes of the executive branch.
Claim that the President, as the leader of the Executive Branch, has the prerogative to divulge or refuse to divulge information in a manner that he believes most consistent with the national interest.
Privileges and powers granted to the President of the United States.
n. a claim by the President or another high official of the executive branch that he/she need not answer a request (including a subpena issued by a court or Congress) for confidential government or personal communications, on the ground that such revelations would hamper effective governmental operations and decision-making. The rationale is that such a demand would violate the principle of separation of powers among the executive, legislative and judicial branches. If there is a potential criminal charge, executive privilege will be denied, as Richard Nixon discovered when he attempted to use executive privilege to deny Congress, the courts and the Department of Justice access to tapes and documents in the Watergate scandal (1973-1974).
the principle that members of the executive branch of government cannot legally be forced to disclose their confidential communications when such disclosure would adversely affect the operations or procedures of the executive branch.
The right, claimed under inherent executive powers, to keep confidential communication between chief executives and their advisers, as in refusing to appear before a legislative committee or withholding information from one.
The privilege that allows the president and other high officials of the executive branch to keep certain communications private if disclosing those communications would disrupt the functions or decision making processes of the executive branch. As demonstrated by the Watergate hearings, this privilege does not extend to information germane to a criminal investigation.
The doctrine of executive privilege holds that discussions and communication within the executive branch are confidential and therefore immune from congressional scrutiny. President Nixon applied the doctrine broadly and tried to use it to protect himself from implication in the Watergate scandal
A constitutional privilege that exempts members of the executive branch from disclosing information that affects national security.
Executive privilege is the power held by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch that allows them to resist certain search warrants and other encroachments. As presidents since George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have argued, the separation of powers embodied in the United States Constitution implies that each branch will be permitted to operate within limits free to some degree from the control or supervision of the other. The Supreme Court re-affirmed this in the case United States v.