Executive Privilege: Separation of Powers or Abuse of Power? - TRENDS
His scholarship focus on executiveprivilege, separationofpowers, presidential accountability, and interbranch disputes. The Court determined that the lower courts had “labored under the mistaken assumption that the assertion of executiveprivilege is a necessary precondition to the Government’s separationofpowers objections.” 1 “ExecutivePrivilege: SeparationofPowers and the Accommodation Process”.proceeding [4]. That stance coexists with the Supreme Court’s Nixon rule that criminal investigations create a powerful countervailing interest against confidentiality [1].
Context Explanation
Political power is divided in a democracy in order to prevent abuseofpower by a single person or party. That is the so-called "separationofpowers." Keywords: ExecutivePrivilege, SeparationofPowers. The meaning of PRIVILEGE is a right, exemption, or immunity granted as a particular benefit, advantage, or favor : prerogative; especially : one attached specifically to a position or an office.Note: Executiveprivilege is based on the separationofpowers doctrine. Separationofpowers, division of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government among separate and independent bodies.
Insight Material
Understanding SeparationofPowers: Key Concepts and Examples.