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.
Under 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.
Executive 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.
The term for it is executive privilege
Executive privilege.
Such is known as executive privilege.
Executive privilege.
Executive privilege.
"pocket veto"
Before a law is a law it is called a Bill.
Yes, they're called treaties. In fact, I think that Congress has to approve any treaty before the President may sign it.
President Woodrow Wilson's speech to congress was called "Fouteen Points".
When an unscheduled session is called by the President it is called a special session. Special sessions may be convened to address special topics, or emergencies such as war or natural disaster.
congress
if you are not called into court, you will not have to testify
If a bill is presented by Congress and the president votes against it, it is called a veto. Due to checks and balances, the president can vote against any bill created by Congress, and it can prevent it from being ratified.
He is called the "President-elect."
can Congress spend money or does the President? ^whoever made that answer is an idiot
The principle is called checks and balances
When the president rejects a bill by leaving it on his desk until after Congress has ended session, it is called a pocket veto.