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The right of the president to refuse to testify before Congress or a court is called what?
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∙ 13y ago
executive privilege.
Executive Privilege is not an unlimited right to refuse. It extends only to those topics or areas which are critical for the President to retain privacy in order to accomplish his role as Executive.
As such, it was possible for Congress to compel Bill Clinton to testify regarding the Whitewater affair.
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∙ 9y agoUnder the U.S. Constitution and the Separation of Powers protections a President is compelled to appear and testify before Congress when instructed to do so. The first job of the President is to enforce the law and the Constitution states that the law is whatever Congress declares it to be. Therefore, for a President to not appear and testify before Congress would be a failure to execute his duties and a violation of the Separation of Powers rule.
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∙ 14y agoExecutive Privilege. Executive privilege is not absolute; there are exceptions when the President cannot invoke this power. The Supreme Court addressed this issue in United States v. Nixon, (1974).
For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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∙ 15y agoThe term for it is executive privilege
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∙ 12y agoExecutive privilege.
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∙ 13y agoSuch is known as executive privilege.
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∙ 13y agoExecutive privilege.
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∙ 12y agoExecutive privilege.
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