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An 11 page paper discussing the claims of the Clinton administration that it should be immune from prosecution in the investigations that ultimately uncovered the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. Executive privilege is a concept that gives the chief executive – i.e., the president – of the country the right to act outside of normal channels and even outside of (though not above) the law. Not specifically defined in the Constitution, it is perpetually controversial, though its constitutionality is no longer questioned. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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File: CC6_KSexecPriv.rtf
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that gives the chief executive - i.e., the president - of the country the right to act outside of normal channels and even outside of the law. Not specifically
defined in the Constitution, it is perpetually controversial (Rozell 918). It is to be used only when such actions are necessary for the nations security or other matters of
comparable magnitude. Executive privilege allows the president to operate momentarily perhaps outside of the law, but it is not intended to allow him to operate above it (Miller 647).
There have been instances in the recent history of the United States that the concept and invoking of executive privilege have drawn criticism
for the president then in office. Richard Nixon claimed executive privilege in his efforts to avoid the unfolding of the Watergate scandal; Ronald Reagan momentarily invoked it in conjunction
with the Nicaraguan Contra affair in the early 1980s. The most recent controversial use of executive privilege is that which Bill Clinton attempted to invoke in order to avoid
investigation into his sexual activities while on duty in the Oval Office. Appropriate Use The
Framers of the Constitution intended that America operate in a spirit of openness, cooperation and compromise, but they also recognized that there would be times that the president would need
greater latitude of action. National security matters provide the most obvious class of example. Complete openness and full news reporting of activities and plans such as a blow
intended to be the death knell of a war (i.e., the Battle of the Bulge, the bombing of Hiroshima) clearly are counterproductive to national security.
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