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In Re: Grand Jury Proceedings: The Semantics Of "Presumption" And "Need", James M. Popson
In Re: Grand Jury Proceedings: The Semantics Of "Presumption" And "Need", James M. Popson
Akron Law Review
This note analyzes the District Court of the District of Columbia’s application of the doctrine of executive privilege in In re Grand Jury Proceedings. Part II provides a brief history of executive privilege and discusses precedents that impacted the court’s decision. Part III indicates the procedural posture of the case and sets forth the substantive facts. Part IV discusses the court’s analysis of the executive privilege issue in light of recent District of Columbia Circuit Court decisions. Part V concludes that In re Grand Jury Proceedings bolstered the notion of a presumption in favor of the privilege, while observing that …
The Definite Article: The D.C. Circuit's Redefinition Of Recess Appointments, Jeff Vandam
The Definite Article: The D.C. Circuit's Redefinition Of Recess Appointments, Jeff Vandam
Northwestern University Law Review
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The President And The Constitution, Peter L. Strauss
The President And The Constitution, Peter L. Strauss
Faculty Scholarship
That comprehensive and undefined presidential powers hold both practical advantages and grave dangers for the country will impress anyone who has served as legal adviser to a President in time of transition and public anxiety.... The purpose of the Constitution was not only to grant power, but to keep it from getting out of hand.... With all its defects, delays and inconveniences, men have discovered no technique for long preserving free government except that the Executive be under the law, and that the law be made by parliamentary deliberations.