Executive Privilege1959 - 35 pages |
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... refusal of a congressional demand for information , the writer must have had in mind cases in which the courts them- selves have sought to obtain information from the executive - in which case the statement is still incorrect . such a ...
... refusal of a congressional demand for information , the writer must have had in mind cases in which the courts them- selves have sought to obtain information from the executive - in which case the statement is still incorrect . such a ...
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... refusal to furnish information to the House and Senate Committees on Govern- ment Operations , for since 1928 an act of Congress has provided that any de- partment of the executive shall give them " any information requested of it ...
... refusal to furnish information to the House and Senate Committees on Govern- ment Operations , for since 1928 an act of Congress has provided that any de- partment of the executive shall give them " any information requested of it ...
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... refusal to produce unprivileged documents , the imposition of even such a penalty for failure to produce privileged documents would subject the sovereign to liability on terms to which it had not consented . Deciding the issue to which ...
... refusal to produce unprivileged documents , the imposition of even such a penalty for failure to produce privileged documents would subject the sovereign to liability on terms to which it had not consented . Deciding the issue to which ...
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... refusal certified to him by the House or Senate . " Although the President and the heads of executive departments have repeatedly , and sometimes brusquely , rejected such congressional demands , Congress seems never to have reported ...
... refusal certified to him by the House or Senate . " Although the President and the heads of executive departments have repeatedly , and sometimes brusquely , rejected such congressional demands , Congress seems never to have reported ...
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... refusing to peck at information on the mere say - so of a bureaucrat , or even of an independent " Government Information Commission , " that such information is a military or diplomatic secret . ( 3 ) There are serious weaknesses in ...
... refusing to peck at information on the mere say - so of a bureaucrat , or even of an independent " Government Information Commission , " that such information is a military or diplomatic secret . ( 3 ) There are serious weaknesses in ...
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Accounting Office action activities administrative Air Force amendment appropriate Army Army-McCarthy hearings Attorney authority BISHOP Budget and Accounting Bureau Chairman classified Comptroller concerning confidential Cong Congress congressional committees copy Counsel decision Department of Defense directed Director disclosure documents effective employees evaluation reports executive agencies executive branch executive departments executive privilege facts Federal files furnish Government Operations head Inspector internal audit internal review investigation issue JOSEPH CAMPBELL Judiciary KELLER letter material matter ment military Navy opinion papers paragraph persons President problem procedures procurement public interest question recommendations records refusal regulations relating release request require resolution responsible right to know SACCIO secrecy secret Secretary of Defense Senator ERVIN Senator HENNINGS Senator HRUSKA Senator O'MAHONEY separation of powers SLAYMAN Stat statement Subcommittee supra note Supreme Court tion title 31 U.S. Senate United Washington withhold information
Popular passages
Page 282 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.
Page 114 - It is important to bear in mind that we are here dealing not alone with an authority vested in the President by an exertion of legislative power, but with such an authority plus the very delicate, plenary and exclusive power of the President as the sole organ of the federal government in the field of international relations...
Page 150 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Page 219 - By the Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Page 168 - A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Page 102 - In the framework of our Constitution, the President's power to see that the laws are faithfully executed refutes the idea that he is to be a lawmaker. The Constitution limits his functions in the lawmaking process to the recommending of laws he thinks wise and the vetoing of laws he thinks bad.
Page 114 - The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution ; and their success must often depend on secrecy ; and, even when brought to a conclusion, a full disclosure of all the measures, demands, or eventual concessions which may have been proposed or contemplated would be extremely impolitic ; for this might have a pernicious influence on future negotiations, or produce immediate inconveniences, perhaps danger and mischief, in relation to other powers.
Page 81 - All departments and establishments shall furnish to the Comptroller General such information regarding the powers, duties, activities, organization, financial transactions, and methods of business of their respective offices as he may from time to time require of them; and the Comptroller General, or any of his assistants or employees, when duly authorized by him, shall, for the purpose of securing such information, have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records...
Page 219 - Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority, and in conformity with his orders.
Page 85 - General of the United States. In the determination of auditing procedures to be followed and the extent of examination of vouchers and other documents, the Comptroller General shall give due regard to generally accepted principles of auditing, including consideration of the effectiveness of accounting organizations and systems, internal audit and control, and related administrative practices of the respective agencies.