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Federal judge rejects White House privilege claims in Miers subpoena case
July 31, 2008
'[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday rejected arguments that senior White House officials are protected from congressional subpoena by executive privilege, ruling that former White House legal counsel Harriet....... [more] 
Bush invokes executive privilege in CIA leak investigation
July 17, 2008
'[JURIST] US President George W. Bush invoked executive privilege Wednesday to prevent members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from obtaining an FBI report on an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney concerning....... [more]
Federal judge rules executive privilege limited by FISA requirements
July 3, 2008
'[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by the National Security Agency (NSA). The government....... [more]
White House claims executive privilege in EPA emissions inquiry
June 21, 2008
'[JURIST] The Bush administration on Friday invoked executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents to the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee now investigating what it claims to be a politically-motivated decision by the....... [more]
House lawyers slam White House executive privilege claims as broadest 'since Watergate'
April 10, 2008
'[JURIST] The White House''s interpretation of executive privilege to shield former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and current White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten from Congressional subpoenas represents the broadest construction of the doctrine....... [more]
EPA denies request for full explanation of California emissions waiver rejection
January 20, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday cited executive privilege in denying congressional requests for certain documents relating to the agency''s decision to deny California a waiver from new auto-emissions standards. The....... [more]
Leahy rejects White House executive privilege claim in US Attorney firings probe
November 29, 2007
'[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Thursday rejected White House assertions of executive privilege in the ongoing congressional investigations into the US Attorneys firing scandal. Leahy issued a ruling in which he....... [more]
House Judiciary Committee head presses White House on Libby clemency
July 9, 2007
'[JURIST] House Judiciary Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) urged the White House Monday to waive executive privilege concerning its decision to commute the prison sentence for I. Lewis"Scooter" Libby, saying that the House Judiciary Committee will hold....... [more]
White House defends executive privilege claim in US Attorney firings controversy
July 9, 2007
'[JURIST] The White House Monday renewed and elaborated its assertion of executive privilege as regards testimony and materials wanted by Congressional investigators in connection with the US Attorney firings controversy. In a letter to Senate Judiciary....... [more]
Leahy, Conyers seek legal basis for US Attorney firings executive privilege claim
June 30, 2007
'[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) Friday asked the White House to provide a legal basis for its assertion of executive privilege in rejecting congressional....... [more]
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