Executive Privilege in the Ford Administration: Prudence in the Exercise of Presidential Power.

From: Presidential Studies Quarterly | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: Rozell, Mark J. | Copyright information

"Executive Privilege in the Ford Administration: Prudence in the Exercise of Presidential Power." Mark J. Rozell examines the impact of executive privilege on presidential decision making in the Ford administration, showing how the administration tried to manage executive privilege controversies in the immediate post-Watergate years, a time period when the phrase was associated with Nixonian abuses of power. Ford had pledged an open presidency but acted to protect the institutionalized secret...

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