Posts Tagged ‘executive privilege’
Obama to Issue Multiple Executive Orders following SOTU
President Obama is weighing a series of executive actions that provide him an end-run around Congress as he prepares to spend his second term making some domestic policy unilaterally using the powers of his office, according to the Washington Post. That is, the powers he believes he has. Among the executive actions currently being contemplated are moves to boost housing, make buildings more energy efficient, bolster gay rights, and issue new environmental rules. Read More Obama weighing executive actions on housing, gays and other issues The moves underscore Obama’s increasingly aggressive use of executive authority, including 23 administrative actions on gun violence last month and previous orders that delayed deportations of young illegal immigrants and will lower student [...]
FLASHBACK 2007: Obama Attacked Trying “To Hide Behind Executive Privilege” – YouTube
Obama in 2007 told CNN that Executive Priviledge was not a good reason to with hold information from Congress. via FLASHBACK 2007: Obama Attacked Trying "To Hide Behind Executive Privilege" - YouTube. Ultra Liberal and Russia Today show host Thom Hartmann says there is no Executive Privilege in the Constitution. MSM: Executive Order Finger Pointing - Russia Today Weighs in. That pillar of Democracy There was a big announcement today that came from the White House in regards to this whole Fast and Furious, hold Eric Holder in contempt scandal that's being discussed on the Hill. Alyona focuses on the idea of executive privilege in and of itself which the mainstream media is not focusing on. Should the president be able to say that some conversations and deliberations [...]
Executive Privilege and how the House should move forward legally
By Mark Levin As the Supreme Court recognized in US v. Nixon, the Executive Branch has a legitimate interest in confidentiality of communications among high officials so that the President can have the benefit of candid advice. However, as President Washington himself recognized, that privilege does not protect the President or his underlings from embarrassment or public exposure for questionable actions. As the Supreme Court has also recognized repeatedly, the Congress, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, has the essential power to investigate the actions of the Executive Branch. In this case, the exercise of Executive Privilege seems, in its timing and over-inclusiveness, to be nothing less than a political delaying tactic to prevent exposure of [...]
Obama Administration Refuses to Release E-Mails on Solyndra
By Karl Gotthardt Canadian and Military Editor As the political scandal on the Solyndra loan guarantee grows, the White House has rebuffed a Congressional Committee request to release all e-mails pertaining to Solyndra. Many readers will recall that at the start of Obama's term, he insisted that he keep his Blackberry. Eventually his demand was granted. The Congressional Committee requested that all e-mails pertaining to Solyndra, starting with Obama's first day in office, including those on his Blackberry. In the its rebuttal to Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), the White House argued that he committee is already getting enough information from other entities of the government, including the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Energy and the [...]
