The Politics of Executive Privilege

by Fisher, Louis

• ISBN13: 9780890895412
• ISBN10: 0890895414
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Author Biography

Louis Fisher is Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Introduction	xv
Constitutional Principles	3	(24)
Early Skirmishes	6	(8)
Robert Morris Inquiry	6	(1)
Steuben's Annuity	7	(3)
St. Clair Investigation	10	(1)
Investigating Hamilton	11	(2)
Diplomatic Correspondence with France	13	(1)
The Contempt Power	14	(3)
Judicial Guidelines	17	(2)
Presidential Challenges	19	(8)
The Appropriations Power	27	(22)
Power of the Purse	27	(1)
Warm-Up Debates in 1789	28	(2)
Treaty Disputes, 1791-96	30	(9)
Algerine Treaty	30	(3)
Jay Treaty	33	(6)
Louisiana Purchase	39	(1)
House Participation in Treaty Power	40	(5)
Funding the Contras	45	(1)
Legislative Vetoes	46	(3)
The Impeachment Power	49	(22)
Presidential Policies	49	(2)
Andrew Jackson Fights Back	51	(6)
The Senate Resolution	51	(1)
The House Investigation	52	(5)
Impeaching Andrew Johnson	57	(1)
Watergate	58	(4)
Iran-Contra	62	(2)
Clinton's Impeachment	64	(3)
Is Censure an Option?	67	(4)
The Appointment Power	71	(20)
Kleindienst Nomination	71	(3)
L. Patric Gray III	74	(2)
Judicial Nominations	76	(5)
Rehnquist for Chief Justice	76	(1)
Robert Bork	77	(2)
Stephen Trott	79	(1)
Miguel Estrada	79	(2)
Ambassador to Guyana	81	(1)
Environmental Crimes Section (DOJ)	82	(2)
Senate ``Holds''	84	(4)
Must the Senate Always Act?	88	(3)
Congressional Subpoenas	91	(20)
Issuing a Subpoena	91	(3)
Immunity	94	(1)
The Ashland Case	95	(2)
DOJ Opinion: Seizing Suspects Abroad	97	(3)
DOJ Documents: The Inslaw Affair	100	(3)
Whitewater Notes	103	(3)
FBI Corruption in Boston	106	(5)
The Contempt Power	111	(24)
Actions from 1975 to 1981	112	(12)
Rogers C. B. Morton	112	(2)
David Mathews	114	(2)
Henry Kissinger	116	(2)
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.	118	(3)
Charles W. Duncan, Jr.	121	(2)
James B. Edwards	123	(1)
James Watt	124	(2)
Gorsuch Contempt	126	(4)
Travelgate and Jack Quinn	130	(2)
Contempt Action against Reno	132	(3)
House Resolutions of Inquiry	135	(26)
Origins of the Procedure	136	(2)
Committee and Floor Procedures	138	(2)
Administrative Discretiona	140	(2)
Committee Review	142	(7)
Committee Amendments	143	(1)
Adverse Reports	144	(3)
Competing Investigations	147	(2)
Discharging a Committee	149	(1)
Military Operations in Vietnam	150	(4)
Forcing Other Legislative Actions	154	(3)
Supplemental Hearings	154	(2)
Triggering Legislation	156	(1)
Mexico Rescue Package	157	(1)
Iraq's Declaration on WMD	158	(3)
The ``Seven Member Rule''	161	(18)
Origin of the Statute	161	(4)
Applying the Statute	165	(2)
The Waxman Request	167	(1)
District Court Decision	168	(4)
Request for Reconsideration	172	(1)
Briefs for the Ninth Circuit	173	(6)
GAO Investigations	179	(20)
Statutory Authorities	179	(1)
Problems of Access	180	(3)
The GAO-Cheney Face-Off	183	(13)
The Legislative Request	184	(3)
Challenging GAO's Legal Authority	187	(5)
The Demand Letter	192	(3)
Going to Court	195	(1)
The Court Decides	196	(1)
Lieberman's Subpoenas	196	(3)
Testimony by White House Officials	199	(30)
Watergate and Its Aftermath	199	(3)
Cutting One's Losses	202	(1)
The Clinton Years	203	(5)
White House-Treasury Contacts	204	(1)
Travel Office Firings	205	(1)
Security of FBI Files	206	(2)
Presidential Pardons	208	(16)
Scope of the Power	208	(2)
Basic Procedures	210	(1)
FALN Clemency	211	(5)
Marc Rich et al.	216	(3)
Clinton's Defense	219	(3)
Grand Jury Probe	222	(2)
Tom Ridge	224	(5)
National Security Claims	229	(28)
Controlling National Security Information	230	(7)
Commander in Chief	231	(2)
Head of the Executive Branch	233	(3)
``Sole Organ'' in Foreign Affairs	236	(1)
Role of the Courts	237	(8)
The Pentagon papers	238	(2)
Recent Statutory Changes	240	(1)
Department of the Navy v. Egan (1988)	241	(2)
The Garfinkel Case	243	(2)
Settling Executive-Legislative Collisions	245	(6)
The AT&T Cases	246	(1)
Proceedings against Henry Kissinger	247	(1)
The James Watt Episode	248	(1)
Charges about Congressional ``Leaks''	248	(3)
Congressional Access to Executive Branch Employees	251	(6)
The Lloyd-LaFollette Act	251	(3)
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989	254	(1)
Congressional Action in 1998	254	(3)
Conclusions	257	(4)
Subject Index	261	(9)
Index of Cases	270